Do You Own A Mac Studio M4 2025 ?

[whirl]

I am looking for someone who owns a Mac Studio M4 2025 model who can look at this page in System Settings.
For reasons I don't know, I am missing the option which says "Listen For" under Siri Requests.

I have been on the Phone to Apple support for over 1 hour and they are completely stuck and have run out of suggestions, they even got 2 technicians to log int o my Mac to investigate but cannot understand why the option is not there.
They suggested I re-install the OS which I have done but still the same

This is from a friends Mac Mini

 

[MacPoulet]

This is what I have on my M4 Studio at work. I can check on my home model when I go home at the end of the day...

 

[whirl]

Thanks for that, I am mystified as to why I dont have that option and so are the Apple technicians I spoke to today

 

[Daydog]

Think you need apple Studio Display on a macOS studio to get the option for listen...

 

[whirl]

Think you need apple Studio Display on a macOS studio to get the option for listen...

Hmm... they dont mention that in the docs, hope that's not the case

 

[Daydog]

I have studio m4 plus a razor micraphone still doesn't show listen for and continuity from iPhone doesn't work for listen for..

 

[whirl]

I have studio m4 plus a razor micraphone still doesn't show listen for and continuity from iPhone doesn't work for listen for..

ive just asked a friend who has Mac Studio M2 using a BenQ Monitor and he does have the option, so this might be related to the M4 Mac Studio, although I am surprised 3 Apple technicians never mentioned that

 

[Daydog]

ive just asked a friend who has Mac Studio M2 using a BenQ Monitor and he does have the option, so this might be related to the M4 Mac Studio, although I am surprised 3 Apple technicians never mentioned that

or it could be your friend as a built in microphone or Webcam in the BenQ Monitor ..

 

[whirl]

or it could be your friend as a built in microphone or Webcam in the BenQ Monitor ..

Now the plot thickens... my other friend has a 2020 M1 Mini with No microphone or webcam, just the mini plugged into an old monitor via HDMI and he does have the option

 

[hg.wells]

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[Surenmunoo]

 

[Surenmunoo]

My 2025 M4 is connected to a Samsung 49 inch curved screen with a Logi camera with microphone built-in.

 

[curnalpanic]

Do you actually have any microphone at all? You don't seem to mention it anywhere; you only say what your friends have.

Are you able to record audio with Quicktime player for instance?

 

[whirl]

Do you actually have any microphone at all? You don't seem to mention it anywhere; you only say what your friends have.

Are you able to record audio with Quicktime player for instance?

I have a BlueYetti USB Microphone which works fine with all recording applications.
I also have a BT headset which again works with all recording applications

 

[whirl]

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So you have a similar Mac Studio and yours even detects "headphones"

 

[hg.wells]

It looks like it needs to be a supported “always on mic” which would be AirPods and Apple Studio Display etc.

PSA: There's no Hey Siri on Mac Mini | AppleVis

At least three of us on here have purchased m4 Mac Minis, but I haven't seen this mentioned. Those considering one ought to be forewarned that Hey Siri only works on internal microphones, so a USB external mic plugged into a Mac Mini won't listen for hey siri. I should have known this, since I...

www.applevis.com

 

[whirl]

It looks like it needs to be a supported “always on mic” which would be AirPods and Apple Studio Display etc.

PSA: There's no Hey Siri on Mac Mini | AppleVis

At least three of us on here have purchased m4 Mac Minis, but I haven't seen this mentioned. Those considering one ought to be forewarned that Hey Siri only works on internal microphones, so a USB external mic plugged into a Mac Mini won't listen for hey siri. I should have known this, since I...

www.applevis.com

Interesting article but how does that explain this...

Here is my old Mac Mini M1

No Microphone attached at all

 

[hg.wells]

Have you connected AirPods or any other Apple headphones to that Mac before?

My guess is once the setting is triggered by a device, it doesn’t hide itself again.

 

[whirl]

Have you connected AirPods or any other Apple headphones to that Mac before?

My guess is once the setting is triggered by a device, it doesn’t hide itself again.

I used to own some AirPods which were registered to my Apple Account when I was using this as my main Mac but I never actually used them to listen to audio on the Mac Mini as I just used the internal speakers.

Now whethere the fact that the AirPods were registered on my Apple Account has something to do with it, I'm not sure