iOS 18.2 Reverted Siri to Old Interface

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iOS 18.2 Reverted Siri to Old Interface

I have an iPhone 15 Pro, and when I updated to iOS 18.1 I turned on Apple Intelligence. I got the fancy new Siri, which does the "border effect," and really liked that. This week I updated to iOS 18.2 and now Siri is back to the old "circle at the bottom" look. I switched off Apple Intelligence last evening and left it off overnight. This morning I turned it on, and watched as it downloaded support for Apple Intelligence. And still Siri is in the old circle mode.

I'm wondering if this is a bug in 18.2 or if there's something I'm doing wrong. I'm going to add that I have an iPhone 15 Pro and that Apple Intelligence worked in 18.1 again, lest someone say my phone might not be compatible. (I've been seeing that a lot in other discussions.) I did update my iPad Pro to iPad OS 18.2 and Siri is still in border mode, so not sure why the iPhone reverted.

Thoughts from this hive mind welcome.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 12, 2024 2:20 PM

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imnotbatman49

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Dec 14, 2024 7:04 AM in response to ZoeMacUser

Same here! I just updated to an official 18.2 (coming from beta updates). Then old siri came back, no more visual intelligence and chat gpt!

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Dec 13, 2024 4:58 PM in response to ZoeMacUser

Same here. Lost image playground and Siri. Cleanup stayed in photos though?!

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Dec 15, 2024 7:33 AM in response to ZoeMacUser

I tried changing the regions to UK english and it didn't work - so swapped it back to Canada. However - I went into Apple Intelligence and enabled ChatGPT and input my login information, and after that it reverted back to the new siri and not the old bubble at the bottom. So maybe try that? Good luck!

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Dec 15, 2024 12:01 PM in response to cody_1983

I don't even have the option any more, after the update the area to input chatgpt login disappeared.

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ZoeMacUser Author

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Dec 13, 2024 5:09 PM in response to Teneightypeewee

Thanks, good to know it's not just me. This is where they sent me to report the issue:

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

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Dec 14, 2024 3:32 PM in response to ZoeMacUser

I do NOT like the new voices of Siri. I had the British voice and I wnat it back. How can I uninstall 18.2?

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ZoeMacUser Author

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Dec 15, 2024 12:14 PM in response to Afrodeiti

Same. I read the suggestion and then spent 30 minutes looking for Chat GPT. It's gone, so I cannot log out and in any more.

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Ronin658

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Dec 15, 2024 6:10 PM in response to ZoeMacUser

Same here!!! Got a iPhone 16 and came from beta updates…And it reverted back to the old Siri…Hopeuflly they fix it

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Dec 21, 2024 1:37 AM in response to cody_1983

This worked for me ! It started downloading something within the Siri window, then ChatGpt appeared, signed in and tried and now new siri is back !

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ZoeMacUser Author

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Dec 13, 2024 4:47 PM in response to ZoeMacUser

Update: Decided to chat with Apple Support this morning and they walked me through clearing network settings, disabling any VPNs, and trying again. Got the same result. They seemed to think it should be working for me, so directed me to a feedback web page.

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Dec 16, 2024 3:07 PM in response to ZoeMacUser

It seems like something changed today, Siri stopped responding at all for me. When I opened settings>Apple intelligence & Siri I had the ChatGPT option showing again but Siri would still not respond at all by name. I rebooted for like the 4th time while dealing with this and after I turned my phone back on the new Siri with ChatGPT was back and working!

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ZoeMacUser Author

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Dec 17, 2024 4:10 AM in response to ZoeMacUser

SOLVED! Several of you all were talking about language. My iPhone was set to English (US) and so was Siri. But for the heck of it I switched the phone to Japanese, let it sit for a bit, then went back to English (US). About 20 minutes later I asked Siri something and the Apple Intelligence interface was back! I checked and Chat GPT is an option again as well.

So even though languages matched, maybe switching the phone to something off-the-wall and back again will work for the rest of you?

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tajah160

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Dec 15, 2024 2:42 PM in response to ZoeMacUser

Don’t panic…it’s a new update so Apple intelligence must redownload after the new update just check the percent once done and it’ll go back to the pretty color boarder effect

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Dec 16, 2024 9:43 AM in response to cody_1983

THANK YOU! This 100% worked. :)

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Dec 16, 2024 9:44 AM in response to cody_1983

This 100% worked for me! Thank you!

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