When iOS 15.4 dropped, it brought a visitor — a new voice for Siri. That means you can now pick from five different voice options.
Prior to last year, you had just two options for Siri’s speaking voice, male or female. And by default, Apple assigned a female voice to your digital assistance. But with iOS 14.5, Apple added two additional voices. The goal then was the same that it is with this new voice in iOS 15.4 a year later — offer up more inclusive Siri voice options reflecting the wider user base of Apple devices. The voice added with the iOS 15.4 update seems designed to be more gender-neutral.
The iOS 14.5 update made another Siri-related change — your digital assistant’s voice was no longer set to the female option by default. Now when you set up your iPhone for the first time, you’re prompted to pick a Siri voice yourself.
Here’s how to change Siri’s voice on your iPhone.
- Launch Settings and scroll down to Siri & Search.
- From the Siri & Search screen, select Siri Voice.
- On the ensuing screen, you can pick a Variety of different English-speaking accents, which each have their own selection of voices. American has the new Siri voice, which is option number 5.
- You can select the different voice options to hear what they sound like. Once you’ve found the voice you like for Siri, just select the back button in the upper left corner of the screen.
