Siri not responding on iPhone 16 Pro Max

Yes, Siri on the iOS 18 and the iPhone 16 Pro Max is utter garbage and is destroying my business with my inability to tell Siri commands and have her answer and execute. So far, complete waste of money and may be an issue to move to a different platform. I hate android but is it truly a better solution?

This worked for me. Thanks!👌🏼😊 Hope Apple gets it fixed tho!

This is the fix! Worked for me

Yes, I use Siri 100x per day and this has been very annoying. I am carrying around my iphone 12 to do the work since that's still functioning correctly.

It's sad how much Siri still messes up understanding my dictation, even when it's working. With all the AI power now it should work so much better. I think Apple engineers need to completely rebuild it.

Google voice rarely misses but I will never go to that platform.

Having the same issue on iPhone 16 Pro

Everyone please stop with the suggestions. None of them work, and most of them have been repeated. This is just something Apple needs to fix.

I’ve had my 16 pro max for about three weeks and having this same issue. Been driving me crazy! Tried all the steps advised and nothing at all! I used this feature often. My phone is up to date with iOS 18.0.1 too. My two office mates with 16 pros are having the same problem. Haven’t checked with anyone on other devices but I’m hoping that by leaving my comment here it increases visibility for Apple on this so they see that it is a fairly widespread issue and we hopefully get a software patch for this ASAP!

I had the same problem, the solution is in this YouTube video: watch?v=ymRQF4zB9E0

In my case it was enough to enable the Content & Privacy Restrictions in the Screen Time settings page, reboot the iPhone and "Hey Siri" is working again. I then disabled the Content & Privacy Restrictions and it's still working.

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Updating from yesterday. Did waht support said, worked last evening, Siri was responding with voice. Today, she isn't hearing me. I see the speech thing for Siri when saying "Siri Call xxxx" and then it does nothing. I repeat Siri multiple times, and no bubble at all, just not responding. Did the other suggestions to turn on Content and Privacy under Scren time, restarted, still same issue. I decided I'm not waiting to see if an update fixes it, I've had the phone less than 10 days. Taking it to the Apple Store Sunday for a replacement. Not playing these games.

Very frustrating to not have my Siri respond when I say Hey Siri or Siri. I use this feature daily while in the car and while working. Temporary fixes are not working and getting aggravating to constantly have to do. Please make sure to address this in an update.

this worked for me on iPhone 16 Pro Max on IOS 18.1 22B5054e

This worked… hopefully it will stay

It worked for a few mins after the software update yesterday but then stopped. It works in the car and if you press the side button on 16pro max

I'm having the same issue - iPhone 16 Pro Max 512 GB. I've rebooted, retrained Siri, and still having issues. She works sporadically. Let's hope reporting this helps get an update. I never had an issue with my 14 Pro Max and in previous iOS. I imagine it might be an iOS 18 bug...

Talked to ATT and Apple tech support! ATT says many complaints, Apple tech support says they don’t know about this but they had me turn off the side button function and it seems to be working. No one at Apple has heard of these issues. I can’t believe that with all these messages on the message board. After I turned off the side button function Siri worked fine then I turned the side button back on and both seem to be working. I don’t know if this is gonna last because sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t but you guys can try this little trick. Hope that helps.