Siri not responding on iPhone 16 Pro Max

I have a similar issue on iPhone 14PM. iOS 18.

I can see Siri active and listening to me when I ask it to say dial a number, but then nothing is executed. And, I'm not going to lie, having to perform several different types of "fixes" is ridiculous at this stage in the phone game.

Hi Everyone - I have the iphone 16 pro max and was having the same issue. I had to do the similar trouble shooting checking off 'hey siri' from the settings>siri>talk to siri but also disabling 'press side button for siri'

Now its working. Hopefully there's an update soon

I tried these all. Still not fixed, if I restart it fixes it for the moment then it happens again. When I went and turned off hey siri then on again, pop up for set up came and now it doesn’t recognize my voice or respond at all even to complete the setup!

I went to settings>siri and tried everything suggested. Didn’t fix the problem. But when I went to settings> accessibility> Siri (at the bottom under “general”) and turned on “always listen for Siri” it fixed it. I also turned on “listen for atypical speech”. Sometimes I mumble so i figured it ight help to have on too. Hope this helps someone

I just upgraded to the 16 Pro Max a week ago and my Siri has working just fine up until today. It will work when I say hey Siri, but it would only work when I use the side button I went under settings to accessibility and then to voice commands, and that was turned off, I turned the voice commands on, and it is working perfectly since, You may want to try that :)

I just got the 16 pro a couple weeks ago and same issue since day one. Ive tried everything everyone has suggested here and the only thing that works is restarting the entire phone but that’s only a temporary fix. I use Siri for so much so it’s super annoying. Hopefully they fix it soon

This is happening to mine and my partners iPhone 16! It is soooooooo frustrating especially when you’re driving and the phone is unresponsive. I’ve been in contact with apple twice about it and they can’t fix it - but clearly unaware there is a problem

APPLE please fix this soon! I didn’t expect to spend thousands on a phone and then it not work… my iPhone 11 worked better!!!!

Very frustrating when I’m driving and I ask Siri for directions and I get no response. I have tried everything suggested and the only temp fix is restarting the phone. Why is Siri broken? I shouldn’t have to dig through settings to use something that has always work right out the door. PLEASE FIX THIS!

I have the same issue. When I restart it will work for a short time, then after a bit no longer work. iOS 18.1 and iPhone 16. I have an iPhone 13 Pro as well and Siri works just fine, Siri only doesn’t work on iPhone 16.

also there’s a lag when typing on the iPhone 16 as well.

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Same for me. I use Siri ALLLL the time. Very irritated right now. Paid a lot of money for this phone for features not

to work.

My new iPhone 16 pro max Siri is not responding. I've turned it off and on reset siri and then the next morning she won't respond again.

Mine doesn’t understand who I want to call while I’m being very clear!!! It’s driving me crazy atm.

just turned on my iPhone 16 pro max for the first time last weekend and now this??? I’m losing it.

Siri sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t works.

what everyone suggest ?

it’s a phone issue

should I return phone calls?

I got iPhone 16 pro max