iOS 17 Beta Adds Two New Siri Voices for British Users

[MacRumors]

In Apple's iOS 17 beta, two new "British" Siri voices have been discovered that can be selected from the Settings app by going to ‌Siri‌ & Search and then selecting ‌Siri‌ Voice. The new voices are the third and fourth options, which join the original two "British" ‌Siri‌ voices.

The two new "British" voices, which sound more natural than the existing two, are the only voices that have so far been added to iOS 17. It's not clear whether they were added in the third beta, or if they were included in previous betas, but they were uncovered prior to the latest updated third beta by MacRumors forum member MegaBlue.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1681980900496535554

In iOS 17, other Siri updates include an option to drop "Hey" from the "Hey Siri" invocation, the ability to get Siri to read web articles to you out loud, and the ability to interrupt ‌Siri‌ and make back-to-back requests without reactivation.

(Thanks, Jack!)

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[adrianlondon]

I've gone from voice 2 to 4. I'm not sure I like it, but I'll give it a few days and see how I feel.

 

[KrisLord]

I’ve always wondered how many people use a voice other than the default for their country/language?

To me Siri has a distinctive voice and I could never imagine changing to another.

 

[Franjelisco]

I’ve always wondered how many people use a voice other than the default for their country/language?

To me Siri has a distinctive voice and I could never imagine changing to another.

The “distinctive voice” changed in 2013. And throughout the years the voices are changing.

 

[kiranmk2]

I wonder whether they will tie this into the AI-generated voice reproduction feature to let a loved one (or yourself) become the voice of Siri

 

[Greybeard2017]

I'm not sure they are more natural - more regional than natural

 

[BadMacRumours]

I love voice 4

 

[alternamelka]

Ooo I'll try them out. I've been using the american voices as I found they sounded so much better than british siri

 

[JosephAW]

Found that certain words were not pronounced correctly or even completely under the British voices.
Over the years I settled on Indian voice 2 as the most articulate.

 

[mattsmith24]

Ooo I'll try them out. I've been using the american voices as I found they sounded so much better than british siri

Same here. I hate the sound of the British Siris. They're default here in the UK, but I've got all my devices on American Voice 1. It just sounds much more natural.

Though saying things... like "Oregano" in the American way, he doesn't understand me - but will say them back to me - can get a little confusing 😄

 

[magicMac]

Voice 4 is very street British lol

 

[Vundu]

I'm not sure they are more natural - more regional than natural

I think they do sound less robotic.

 

[Kylo83]

Voice 4 sounds like london slang not a fan

 

[Will Tisdale 🎗]

Voice 4 is very street British lol

It’s horrendous 🤣

 

[Rob__Mac]

A northern lass !

 

[iSuzan]

Kinda Jamie Tartt kind of slang? 😂 (Sorry, just finished Ted Lasso)

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Why did they choose Dizzee Rascal? Lmao

 

[paffko]

Some countries have the luxury of having multiple spoken voices to choose from, and some countries still don't have one after all these years since Siri launched. I understand, 10.5 million people in the Czech Republic is still not enough for Apple.

 

[turbo79]

They're just regional. #3 is ever so slightly Northern, and #4 is east/south London -- "choose the voice you'd laaaak me to use" gives it away.

 

[LiE_]

They're just regional. #3 is ever so slightly Northern, and #4 is east/south London -- "choose the voice you'd laaaak me to use" gives it away.

Waiting for the scouse voice so I have no idea what is being said

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Waiting for the scouse voice so I have no idea what is being said

Apart from "KarM dowN kArm Down! I'll set der reminder, 'right??"

 

[Daku93]

are the only voices that have so far been added to iOS 17.

Not true. German got two new voices, too.

 

[coffeeboat]

Voice 3 sounds like Isy Suttie? Voice 4 sounds familiar too.

 

[mant1core]

Actually German also received two new voices.

 

[adrianlondon]

They're just regional. #3 is ever so slightly Northern, and #4 is east/south London -- "choose the voice you'd laaaak me to use" gives it away.

Not East enough for me. I want a cockney twang.

I'll give it a few days as, as was mentioned above by Vundu, it does sound less robotic than voice 2, but voice 2 was very clear and sounded ok to me.