Siri stopped talking after iOS 18 update

If I say “Siri tell me a joke” it will tell me a joke verbally. If I ask how far away the moon is, it just shows a response on screen. Same if I ask what the temperature is or what time sunset is. If I say “Siri turn your volume up” then ask it the temp or how far away the moon is, I get a verbal response. But after that one question, it reverts to just showing the response on the screen. All settings are correct. Prefer verbal responses is on, location services are on for all weather apps and others. I’ve restarted and force restarted my phone several times. What’s the fix? iPhone 12 pro

Yes and I get what some people are saying about turning on prefer spoken responses. But then if I do that it will ALWAYS speak even whe my phone is in silent mode. if I have silent mode

on I want the written/visual response. I would prefer to leave it in automatic mode but the problem is …. I can leave my

phone on the kitchen counter far away from me, wearing my AirPods say hey siri what’s 2 cups to ml …. And it won’t answer me in my AirPod it’ll flash on my screen for 3 seconds then disappear without even making any kind of acknowledgement sound

I have the same problem. After iOS 18 when I ask Siri on Apple Watch “how the weather will be like today?” I get error “can’t show your location because of your settings”. Settings are fine. Everything is fine.

I guess this is iOS 18 bug.

Siri has also stopped responding when I ask it a simple question like what is the capital of south Africa it will show the answer, but not verbalize it as it did the night before I upgraded to iOS 18 I was with CUSTOMER SUPPORT for almost an hour trying this that and the other thing, but it still is acting up. It will give me the time verbally and location verbally and the scores verbally when I ask you a question geographically or something else there’s no verbal acknowledgment or answer from Siri. It’s just like after iOS 18 was put in. Siri went bonkers. we tried going into Siri changing things I even thought it was the audio. I have not done a master reset hope to avoid that hopefully the technicians can find and send out a bug fix because there’s definitely something wrong. I see on the community I am not the only one. I just wanted to let people know that I had an issue as well. Thank you for the community.

I am using an iPhone 13 pro max but I am still having the issues of Siri not responding verbally when I ask you a question about a state capital or something that would be on Wikipedia it seems like he picks and chooses when to respond. Verbally I tried spoken response checkmark I unchecked it and checked it again it’s still not working. Can anyone suggest anything else thank you.

I am visually impaired, and I am trying to the best of my ability to do the set up again as you suggested, but it didn’t work and Siri still not responding by answering simple questions invoice it only does it in text form if I may ask which iPhone model are you using? I am using an iPhone 13 Pro Max. I’m wondering if the model has anything to do with this glitch

Thanks for the information but I tried this with the volume and Siri still is not responding when I asked a simple question like what the weather is. It only responds with text not voice, but when I ask Siri the date or the time it uses both it uses both voice and text. I’m using an iPhone pro max 13.

iOS 18 broke Siri on my iPhone and iPad. And I am legally blind and depend on Siri to speak to me. It almost seems that audible Siri has a quiet time. It worked this morning, this late afternoon it doesn’t. My settings have Siri volume turned up and prefer spoken response are selected. I do not use or have focus enabled, nor do I have do not disturb on. No changes to my settings between this morning and now, but late today, all responses except one have been silent. If I asked Siri, Siri are you listening? She audibly responds yes. Oh, and if I asked Siri her to tell me a joke, she tells me the joke. I need Siri! She helps me see!

iOS 18 Siri is trash!! I paid a penny for this new iPhone 16 pro. What a rip off! Nothing but issues with Siri. Wasted about 4 hrs trying to get Siri to work consistently. Must be a bad phone. Maybe everyone that has Siri problems should just return their phone since apple isn’t fixing it.

My spoken response is always on and the volume is high. I’ve had an iPhone since the 3s so I always try and figure things out. It also used to respond when I asked on FindMy where someone is who I have approval from. Now it makes me unlock and I have it to respond while locked.

Siri will also not speak in IOS 18 when I ask her how far to a certain city or destination. It just shows the distance and time to drive on the screen, much like it just shows the temperature when you ask for the temperature. I hope Apple fixes this soon.

Asking Siri “what’s the weather?” Works perfectly fine for me - most of the time. Sometimes she just doesn’t say anything and I have to ask again. Weirdly if I say “hey siri” it sometimes doesn’t respond, but if I just say “Siri” it works? 🤷‍♂️

I’m having issues with Siri iOS 18.0.1 not working. It’s maddening. None of the suggestions are working. I have the iPhone 16 pro max. Seriously thinking of shelving this phone and going back to my old one until the defects are fixed. Sometimes when Siri works it severely lagged. The speech to text recognition is horrendous.

Why do companies like Apple and Microsoft hire employees with such huge egos that they can't admit when their company puts out buggy updates? Everyone makes mistakes but their support staff doesn't seem to ever want to admin this and instead often resorts to victim-blaming and useless "advice". Do they not realize the harmful effect that this failed update had on people who are visually-impaired, who are accustomed to a verbal response from Siri? I expect more from the so-called support staff of these companies when they put out buggy updates that can have real-life negative impact on people who are already at risk.

I’m ready to switch to another brand it’s so maddening. I’ve checked all the recommended settings. If I say what time is it she tells me out loud but if I say Siri tell me the weather she is mute. I tried 17 commonly used commands and she responded out loud to 3 of them, the rest she answered on screen only.