Siri is Apple’s default voice assistant. But it’s not the best voice assistant by a wide margin, and it has a few drawbacks. Among many, Siri doesn’t wait long enough for users to finish speaking and provide answers, which frustrates users.
While there is a workaround for this issue, Apple has developed a solution for iPhones and iPads running iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, respectively. You can manually increase the Siri pause time and set the timeout period of your choice. In this article, I have listed both the methods and their steps.
Two ways to make Siri wait longer:
You can activate Siri with voice commands or by pressing and holding the Home/Power button on iPhone. Please note that iPhone users with a Home button will not be able to invoke Siri using the Power button.
While this may not be the most convenient method, it does work. Our problem where Siri starts working on results before you’ve finished your sentence can be solved with this method.
All you have to do is press and hold the Home/Power button and don’t let go until you’ve dictated the entire command or request.
The next time you want to ask Siri something and have the luxury of holding your device, you can follow these steps. However, if you’re using iOS 16 and hate using physical buttons to activate “voice assistant”, skip to the next section.
2. Increase Siri pause time in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16.
Enabling hands-free mode is the main purpose of voice assistants. And every time you want to interact with a voice assistant, in our case Siri, doing it by relying on touch doesn’t make much sense. That’s why we have voice commands to activate Siri.
Until now, you’ve had to rely on the previous method to increase Siri’s pause time. But thanks to Apple listening to customers, there’s now a setting in iOS 16 that allows you to increase Siri’s pause time. And here’s how to do it:
- Launch settings.
- Go to Availability.
- Scroll down and select Siri under General.
- In the Siri Pause Time section, you can choose Default, Longer, or Longest. The default setting offers the shortest pause time, and you’d better choose “Longest”or “Longest”depending on your needs.
Once you’ve made the necessary changes, you no longer have to worry about Siri responding before you’ve finished your sentence.
FAQ
To make Siri respond or speak more slowly, follow these steps: Go to Settings → Accessibility → Conversational Content → Adjust the Speech Speed slider to your preference. Not everyone may like the speed with which Siri responds, especially if your iPhone/Siri default language is not your native language.
Finally, someone who lets you talk without interrupting midway
Whenever you want to ask a very long question, be sure to use the “press and hold home/power button”option, as you can activate Siri at exactly the time you want it to listen to you. If you have any other questions about this, please let us know in the comments below and we’ll get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.