To find out more about using Siri, see How to use Siri in iOS 17 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. If you find it easier to type than speak, you can also type queries to Siri. See How to use Siri without speaking in iOS 17 for more information.
This section takes you step by step through customising Siri’s settings on your iPhone or iPad, complete with pictures of the screen to help.
1. To open Siri’s settings, tap the Settings icon on your Home screen to launch the Settings app. Scroll down and select Siri & Search from the list.
2. To change Siri's voice, tap Siri Voice.
3. Now select an accent and a voice for Siri from the available options.
4. You can change how Siri responds to a quiestion or command so that Siri responds silently or gives spoken answers and feedback. Tap Siri Responses.
5. Siri has three options for giving you spoken feedback when you ask a query. In Automatic mode, Siri uses on-device intelligence to determine when to give spoken feedback. If you would prefer to always hear spoken feedback, select Prefer Spoken Feedback. If you would prefer not to receive any spoken feedback, tap Prefer Silent Responses.
6. Tap Always Show Siri Captions to show everything that Siri says as text on-screen.
7. You can also see what Siri thinks you said. Tap Always Show Speech to get a transcription of your spoken questions and commands on-screen.
8. To access further useful settings, tap the Back button to go back to the main Settings screen and tap Accessibility. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Siri.
9. If you find Siri starts to answer before you have finished asking your query, you can set Siri to wait before responding. Under the Siri Pause Time section, choose Longer or Longest.
10. Some of these settings duplicate the settings we used earlier, but tap Always Listen for "Hey Siri" to ask your device to listen for the prompt even it's face down or covered.
11. Finally, if you find the apps in the background distracting while you're using Siri, tap Show Apps Behind Siri to turn this off.