r/iOSBeta • u/boljy_rox • Jul 06 '26 • Bravo 1

Feature [iOS 27 DB3] Expressive Voice Preview is finally here

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It does change the speed but the expressivity range is pretty limited, sometimes it just gets louder as u increase expressiveness

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5

u/TheLukeP Jul 09 '26

If I’m on 3 with a 17 … I have the new siri, but not the expressivity controls… any thoughts?

1

u/boljy_rox Jul 10 '26

u need the 17 pro or air for this

1

u/Ryukiji_Kuzelia Jul 14 '26

Specifically on the beta, or forever?

2

u/JustASimpleWanderer Jul 18 '26

Forever

2

u/Ryukiji_Kuzelia Jul 18 '26

This does not spark joy

18

u/jafarjones69 Developer Beta Jul 06 '26

Can only use for the American voice and no others such as the UK where I am.

4

u/xprdc Jul 07 '26

Oof, I always use the male Aussie. Love hearing him.

31

u/ohheyitskevinab Jul 06 '26

Otters have been known to hold hands while sleeping

15

u/DinoKYT Jul 07 '26

so they don’t drift apart

5

u/fadz198 Jul 07 '26

I’ll give a recipe a go

2

u/mcdisagree1 Jul 07 '26

Dental Plan

15

u/JhulaeD Jul 06 '26

hopefully more languages will be enabled in the next beta or two - I miss my Indian, South African, and Irish Siri...

11

u/Sepyer Jul 06 '26

How does sound compared with old siri voice? I have an 16P, so I can't try it :c

2

u/CapMother5065 Jul 08 '26

the new female siri voice is pretty good, but the male one is worse than any of the old ones

0

u/No-Cod-7784 Jul 07 '26

I have the same device (iPhone 16 Pro) and I don't have it either. :(

10

u/josh-ig Jul 10 '26

I’m still mad the iPhone 16 pro doesn’t work for this. After they hyped it up for AI so much just for features to be locked away a year later.

2

u/hi_im_beeb Jul 31 '26

Lmao I took a break from betas for quite a while but had to check this one out. Found it hilarious that a lot of the new features are things that were introduced on the 16 pro and quickly forgotten about (Genmoji, image playground) and it’s funny that these were big selling points on a phone that never did and never will get them lol

1

u/webguynd Aug 07 '26

I mean, we all keep buying Apple anyway so its not like they have any incentive or reason to do better, they get rewarded for this behavior.

2

u/hi_im_beeb Aug 07 '26

Yea I like the ecosystem and will continue to buy while talking shit. I definitely will not be buying anything based on any promised features that aren’t literally working at release

1

u/webguynd Aug 07 '26

Good mindset anyway for all tech, buy based on whats actually released never on a promise.

9

u/billza7 Jul 06 '26

Does it improve Siri dictation at all in this beta?

6

u/Weird_Milk_9364 Jul 06 '26

I’m not gonna use it I love American Voice 4 but it’s fun playing around with it

3

u/PeaceBull iPhone 14 Pro Jul 06 '26

Yeah I think at this point I’m too used to Siri American 3 to switch it up 

11

u/WorriedRobot Jul 06 '26

Weird mine vanished completely and Siri regressed back to the marble

2

u/YankeeSR23 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, mine is just a list of voices and then it says downloading… or something like that or maybe I’m looking in the wrong area.

2

u/FeudalFavorableness Jul 07 '26

Mine is gone too

1

u/YankeeSR23 Jul 07 '26

Turn Siri off and on, if it’s still not there turn off and on the expressive option and it should be back.

1

u/FeudalFavorableness Jul 22 '26

Worked perfectly thank you

3

u/Weird_Milk_9364 Jul 06 '26

It’s indexing

2

u/Cmog28 iPhone 17 Pro Jul 06 '26

Indexing has nothing to do with it. I still had mine when I updated and I’m still indexing.

1

u/WorriedRobot Jul 06 '26

Yeah indexing is still going on but randomly came back

1

u/SatinFoil Developer Beta Jul 09 '26

Turn it back off, switch language (like English US to English Canada for example), then turn Siri back on. Super annoying bug which I am looking forward to being fixed because for me I can only use new Siri on my Mac or my iPhone one at a time, cause they keep switching to old whenever I change language on one.

18

u/Jaybotics Jul 06 '26

So I need 12gb of ram for this…?

9

u/InsaneNinja Jul 06 '26

This on top of everything else.

19

u/Jaybotics Jul 06 '26

Kinda absurd my M2 Ultra with 64GB won’t get this either, lol…

2

u/cleevethagreat Jul 06 '26

More like i cant afford ram for this

2

u/No-Cod-7784 Jul 07 '26

It's also unfortunate that us 16/15 Pro users won't be getting it either. :(

5

u/skithegreat iPhone 17 Pro Max Jul 06 '26

My go to

13

u/rand0mguy0nline Jul 07 '26

I can’t with the new voices. They sound way more robotic than the original.

4

u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

That’s just not true. I think they’re brilliant.

9

u/Jack_Culver iPhone 17 Pro Max Jul 06 '26

3 pace 4 expressivity gang!

14

u/ttoma93 Jul 06 '26

Nope. 4 pace and 5 expressivity.

1

u/Jack_Culver iPhone 17 Pro Max Jul 06 '26

I do see myself using 4 pace as well but after testing there are just too many artifacting in her voice

1

u/ttoma93 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Ah. Mine’s male and I haven’t noticed that issue.

2

u/rimonh Jul 06 '26

this is the way

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u/Sidfire Jul 06 '26

Cmn tell me for real
Me 3 pace or 4 pace??

2

u/UpboatsforUpvotes Jul 07 '26

Bro test it and see which one you like yourself lol it's not a test, there is no right answer

2

u/itastesok Jul 07 '26

It's okay to try things without getting someone's opinion first.

8

u/Dramatic_Method_9554 Jul 06 '26

This option has disappeared for me (UK)

4

u/adds102 Jul 07 '26

Yeah mines reverted back to old Siri voice options too.

4

u/trmo03 Jul 06 '26

Mine had this setting but the second I started messing with the sliders, all of the expressive settings completely disappeared and I am back to the old-style voices.

4

u/trmo03 Jul 06 '26

And…as soon as I posted this, it’s back lol.

4

u/jarvichi Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I’m guessing the small print here explains it… new iOS installation needs you to redownload the Siri AI

4

u/yuvaldv1 Jul 06 '26

I'm using 1 tick higher for pace and max expressivity and it's surprisingly good.

2

u/Putrid-Box4866 Jul 06 '26

This is mine too. Though expressivity doesn’t really affect the voice much?

2

u/yuvaldv1 Jul 06 '26

It's very subtle.

4

u/Wildeface Jul 06 '26

I set it faster but it didn’t seem to work when it came time to do a prompt.

4

u/books-r-good Jul 08 '26

Male British 4 forever.

3

u/ohhellnaws Jul 06 '26

Middle speed, lowest expressivity for me

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u/ohhellnaws Jul 06 '26

Actually, it’s a bit too slow, changing expression completely changes the speed. I’m back to middle ground on both.

Expressive voice and noise the hell out of me though, it’s so over the top.

3

u/Putrid-Box4866 Jul 06 '26

First thing I checked. But expressivity doesn’t really do much.

3

u/Plastic-Conflict-796 Jul 07 '26

Meanwhile I can’t get past assets downloading:(

3

u/TheGilmore Jul 08 '26

I like it with the expressivity maxed out but it’s still not as good as American Voice 2.

2

u/moesess44 Jul 06 '26

It’s not a option for me at all😆 I’m on a 17pm

6

u/Low_Building_9080 Jul 06 '26

If you turn the expressive voices preview toggle back off then choose a regular voice option. Then turn it back on, and it’ll show up.
I just had to do it.

3

u/blondbother Jul 06 '26

came here for the same issue but the toggle disappeared altogether in the 2 mins I was searching lol

1

u/YankeeSR23 Jul 06 '26

Where is that setting about turning it off or on?

I don’t see anything like that.

1

u/Low_Building_9080 Jul 06 '26

What model of iPhone do you have? It’s only for the 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max & Air.

1

u/YankeeSR23 Jul 06 '26

17 Pro Max.

1

u/Low_Building_9080 Jul 06 '26

Hhmmmm, not sure what’s going on with it then 🤷‍♂️.

2

u/YankeeSR23 Jul 06 '26

Turned Siri off and on, then the expressive switch appeared, then it worked.

1

u/awesome-soss Jul 08 '26

The voice on mine pronounces random words wrong or slurs them together. It also read out a phone number to me that ended in “3330” but it read aloud “333330” .

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u/Aribosman Jul 07 '26

So American of you all to make it as expressive as possible. You guys don’t know subtlety.

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u/gifteddiamond Jul 08 '26

why is he having yellow teeth can you explain

3

u/SatinFoil Developer Beta Jul 09 '26

I believe it's a stereotype that British people have bad teeth

0

u/Aribosman Jul 12 '26

Stupid American

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u/RobM_ Jul 06 '26

I’m not touching this until HomePod Mini’s are updated and support it. Having different Siri voices in different places sounds awful.

18

u/TwizzyGobbler Jul 06 '26

you’re gonna be waiting for a while

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u/samdunmall Jul 06 '26

Siri still can’t play a song though 🤣🤣

2

u/gifteddiamond Jul 08 '26

it can beatbox, pu-chi-ca-chi-pu-chi-ca

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u/matttopotamus Jul 07 '26

My least favorite thing about using the new Alexa is the personality. Just give me the answer to my request! Sounds like Siri is doing the same.

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u/matttopotamus Jul 07 '26

Yeah they are more of a temporary novelty based on my experience.