Latest iOS 27 Beta Expands Siri AI Voice Customization

[MacRumors]

With the fifth beta of iOS 27, Apple has expanded the voice customization options for Siri AI.

Pace and Expressivity can now be adjusted for more of the available voice options instead of just the two American voices.

There are seven American voice options and four British voices to choose from, all of which can be customized with different Pace and Expressivity settings. Pace changes talking speed, while expressivity changes emphasis.

Siri AI voice customization is done on-device, so the feature is limited to newer iPhones. You need an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, or iPhone Air to use voice customization on an iPhone.

It's available on Macs with an M3 chip or newer and at least 12GB RAM, and the M4 iPad Pro and newer, also with at least 12GB RAM.

Article Link: Latest iOS 27 Beta Expands Siri AI Voice Customization

 

[kcwookie]

Color me underwhelmed.

 

[pbau]

Still no Siri AI in Polish?

 

[jonnyb]

It’s still a shame it’s actually just four English voices

 

[dmccombs]

Great, more voices for an AI that doesn't work well. I think Apple is focused on the wrong thing right now...

 

[JohnWick1954]

17.25 GB, lordie 😱😱😱

 

[phuklok1]

do you really need a powerful high memory phone for an LLM that can handle better voice or improved dictation... those things seem like the simplest level of AI, so i don't know but kinda don't think so.

 

[svish]

Good to have more options. Have not installed the beta. Looking forward to trying out the new Siri.

 

[JungleNYC]

It is a huge shame that these adjustments only work on a couple phones. It just doesn't make sense that we need "pro" models to change the dang voice. Siri voice choices suck, especially compared to the free options on Grok, Chat, etc. It just doesn't make sense in terms of real world usage that THIS is the feature denied to base 17 users.

I still contend that Apple might be setting themselves up for a class action on this feature. They made soooo many promises to consumers.

 

[cml1982]

The British English ones aren't great, they are the standard robotic voices that you can speed up or slow down, they don't sound natural at all to me.

 

[wholowx3]

Why not on the M3 iPad Air 😭 Are the thermals too rough for AFM Advanced? I'm just barely missing it with my 16 Pro, and my Mac rigt behind the supported list.

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

It’s still a shame it’s actually just four English voices

The ones which have the biggest market.

I wanted to say “ones that really matter” but I would’ve been non PC

 

[jonnyb]

The ones which have the biggest market.

I wanted to say “ones that really matter” but I would’ve been non PC

What does market size have to do with anything? I’m English, but I’d quite like a Scottish or Welsh Siri. Sometimes I have my Siri voice set to Irish (incidentally, there are about the same number of people in the Republic of Ireland as there are in Scotland - if Siri can be Irish, why can’t s/he be Scottish?). At the moment, I’m using the newest American voice.

Apple seems not to understand that a ‘British’ is not the same as ‘English’. If they’re going to have a selection of ‘British’ accents, I just think it would be cool to have accents from each nation - not just England.

 

[Radeon85]

The British English ones aren't great, they are the standard robotic voices that you can speed up or slow down, they don't sound natural at all to me.

I agree; even as a Brit, I'm going to stay with the female American voice permanently, as it sounds much nicer and more natural.

 

[CapitalIdea]

do you really need a powerful high memory phone for an LLM that can handle better voice or improved dictation... those things seem like the simplest level of AI, so i don't know but kinda don't think so.

Design it then, since it's so easy to do.

 

[N0ughtsAndCr0sses]

What does market size have to do with anything? I’m English, but I’d quite like a Scottish or Welsh Siri. Sometimes I have my Siri voice set to Irish (incidentally, there are about the same number of people in the Republic of Ireland as there are in Scotland - if Siri can be Irish, why can’t s/he be Scottish?). At the moment, I’m using the newest American voice.

Apple seems not to understand that a ‘British’ is not the same as ‘English’. If they’re going to have a selection of ‘British’ accents, I just think it would be cool to have accents from each nation - not just England.

About that gho

England matters

The rest of the uk is just tolerated 🤣🤣

Joooking

Or am i?

 

[Antknee]

I'd love a female Scottish voice. idk if that will happen in my lifetime. The ios26 Irish voice ain't great.

 

[jonnyb]

About that gho

England matters

The rest of the uk is just tolerated 🤣🤣

Joooking

Or am i?

Gosh - You’re so edgy. Well done.

 

[mwhite]

This is such a "does nothing productive" feature. The enhanced voice transcription, now that is useful. That's going to work on my M4 Mac mini, and M4 iPad, but apparently NOT my iPhone 17, which is where you need it the most.

 

[eitanharlev]

I'm a little bit confused because, if I recall correctly, in one of the earlier betas, somebody had note the in the article (Here on MacRumors)that iPhones that did not support the more high-end version of Siri AI would still get the new interface, just without the additional customizations of the upgraded voices... Was that a mistake or what am I missing here? I own an iPhone 15 Pro Max, I never got this newer interface... (Obviously not with the upgraded voices) but the new interface as opposed to the old one. Does anybody know anything about this?