Any way to change Siri‘s sound effects to the old ones, pre iOS 16?

By Andrew J Godwin, 25 September, 2022

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Hello. I am running iOS 16 on my iPhone 12, and I like the old series sounds much better than the new ones. Is there anyway to get the older ones back, the ones that were on iOS 6 to iOS 15?

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By Igna Triay on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

Short of jailbreaking, I don't know if this is possible.

By Lily Rose on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

Nothing there either. I don't think there's a way. Sorry.

By PaulMartz on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

The new sounds are more difficult for me to hear. They don't cut through background noise anywhere near as well as the old sounds.

By Steve Mann on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

Once more, apple has proven that they don't really give much of a care what their customers think. there really should be a way to revert back to the old Siri sounds if someone wanted to. I don't have an issue hearing the new sounds, but for those who have problems, that feature should be added.

By peter on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

I agree. Although the sounds are not hard to hear in a quiet environment if you don't have a hearing loss, they are difficult to hear in noisey environments even if you don't have a hearing problem.

The problem here is that the sounds don't cover a wide enough range in the audio spectrum. There should be a variety of frequencies from low frequency to high frequency to make sure they can be heard in any environment. This is why most emergency alert sirens sweep the frequency from low to high as they produce the alarm. Maybe Apple just needs to be aware of good sound design.

--Pete

By Lily Rose on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

But I also thought I read somewhere that you would be able to change Siri sound effects on IOS16. So that's disappointing, I would have liked to see the new options they had. I tend to not like the default anything sound, because it usually just sounds so plain, and these were no exception, even though the new dictation sound isn't much better than the old one. Let's just say I don't want to keep the old one or the new one, if that makes any sense at all.

By DrummerGuy on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

While I I absolutely love the new sounds, I also agree that for those who have hearing loss there should be a way to revert to the old sounds.

By Lily Rose on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

Isn't it strange that they changed the sounds so that people who couldn't understand higher frequencies could understand them better, thus making it harder for people who can't understand lower frequencies. I like these new ones and think they sound fuller, etc, etc, etc, but I feel that for the sake of those who can only understand a certain frequency to choose, even if it's just two options.

By Unregistered User (not verified) on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

If you set the stem-hold command on airpods pro to summon siri, it'll make the older sound. I suspect this was an oversight on whatever team is in charge of that. I'm not a fan of the new sound either. It's not percussive enough, and it's really difficult to hear at low volume or in noisy environments. It's heavy on mid-bass which the phones also can't reproduce as well.

By Brian Giles on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

I noticed this on my AirPods Max as well. I also like the new sounds better.

By Troy on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

Maybe it's just me but the new sound is pretty similar to when you summon lady A if you have that feature enabled.

By Jo Billard on Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 11:30

It's hard to hear the lower tone in particular. The lower range is OK, but if the tone were sharper it would really help, especially in noisy environments.

By Lily Rose on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 11:30

What's that? Other than the singer Haha. What is Lady A that you're talking about and what does it do?

By Jo Billard on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 11:30

The first voice that was available was Alexa and is pretty popular with most people I know.

By Lily Rose on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 11:30

Yes, I think some of them make the sound some of them don't. The only sound I hear coming from it is talking and when my audiobook or something like that says something that sounds like you-know-what and it makes that drop sound and I practically jump out of my skin. And also the new notification sound which creeps me out even more than the old one. LOL I think all you-know-what sounds are creepy. When I do it from the app though it makes the sound that means it's listening.