Is it possible to revert to the old Siri voice?

It's so disappointing! My old (British male) Siri was perfect - the new guy sounds... shallow - probably a weird thing to say about an AI assistant, but what can I say? 🤷‍♀️

I agree. I hate the new voices and it seems that they take up a lot of space with not one of them sounding remotely upbeat. I was using The Australian female voice on the last version because that was The most positive one I could find with the last upgrade. What can I do to get a decent voice back?

Devonian_fern wrote:

Now, with the new Siri's voice (which is awful, by the way), they don't react. Shame on you,

If your cats can learn one voice, they can learn another.

As the purpose of Siri is not to call cats, it's not surprising that Apple didn't take this possibliity into consideration when making changes. You can also be certain that there will always be changes in technology. If there weren't, we'd be using rotary phones. Sometimes we like the changes, sometimes we don't.

Earlipearl wrote:

Please bring back the original Siri voice!!!! the new ones are Sound horrible

No one here can do that. No one here is with Apple. We are all users on this user to user only forum, just like you're a user. Which you might have know had you read past the first post.

You have posted to a user to user site. We are all users here....just like you.

Apple is not here. They will not see your post or reply.

You can make suggestions to Apple here: Feedback - iPhoneAppleApple › feedback › iphone

I too, truly hate all of the new Siri voices. She now sounds a lot like an elementary school teacher that I hated (and that’s the voice that I selected because the other choices were even worse). Over the years Siri and I have established a special relationship and Apple just took it away. For shame!

photorenee wrote:

The new siri sounds like she’s smoked 5 packs a day for 50 years. PLEASE find a way to revert back or add new voices stat.

You are asking only other users on this user to user only forum. None of whom have anything to do with Apple or iOS or Siri voices. So, no one here can change anything.

I like the new Siri voice and wouldn't be pleased if they took it backwards. In fact I like it so much, I used this link to let Apple know how much I like it --> Product Feedback - Apple

Now I suppose you could also use the link to tell Apple what you think.

Please bring back the original Siri voice!!!! the new ones are Sound horrible

Guys it looks like Apple caused another useless inconvenience but the British voice-1 (ios-18.5) is prolly the most pleasant and like the old Siri

I think I figured this out. I was probably using an older answer, but it worked.

Open Settings > Siri & Search. Tap Siri Voice, then under Variety, tap to download the voice you want. You can choose from American, Australian, British, South African, and more.

Apparently this was older because it’s called “apple intelligence and Siri search” now but it still works.

The new directions leave the Variety step.

mbooth714 wrote:

Yes I agree hate, hate, hate , all the new voices bring the original Siri voice back please!!

If you read this two page thread, you'd already know you aren't speaking with Apple here. This is a user to user only forum. No one hear can change anything. Use the feedback link which has been posted in this thread if you want to tell Apple your thoughts.

Psolomon17 wrote:

I am aware there are new voices but I dislike them all. Why change things that work just fine? Annoying.

Since no one on this user to user only forum works for Apple, we can't answer any why questions. I'm sorry you find the voice annoying, but hopefully you have more important things in your life be annoyed over?

Quick answer, no. There is a larger variety of different voices now though.

it was a rhetorical ask but thank you for your suggestions. I really should reach out to the appropriate channel to give apple my ask.