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Apple announces Siri voice customization at WWDC26 with sliders to adjust assistant pace and expressivity

Story Overview

Apple revealed sliders for tweaking Siri’s speaking pace and emotional range during the WWDC26 keynote, with the chosen settings carrying over automatically to Maps and Safari as part of the iOS 27 AI overhaul.

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Marques Brownlee@MKBHD#1416inAI

New Siri AI also means new, more expressive and customizable Siri voice

10:38 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 321.1K Views
Industry Shift

Apple Moves First on Voice Tweaks

Coverage notes the new controls give Siri more granular options than Gemini currently offers, positioning the feature as an early step in the ongoing assistant arms race.

Open Question

Availability Details Still Emerging

The voice tools arrive first in an English-language beta later this year for the US and select countries, while EU and China launches remain blocked by regulatory hurdles and hardware requirements stay unclear.

Sentiment

Positive users praise Apple's customizable Siri voice as a much-needed human-like upgrade for better interaction, while negative users call the new voice awful and criticize Siri as still beyond bad.

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Whole Mars Catalog@wholemars

I hope Ternus brings back live presentations. So bizarre to invite people to gather and watch a video together.

Marques Brownlee@MKBHD

New Siri AI also means new, more expressive and customizable Siri voice

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E-Money@EthoPrime

@MKBHD This Siri moving dead slow in that demo. I know they shot that like 500 times

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Vansh Shah | MadOverTech@madovertech01

@MKBHD Am I the only one that noticed?

Siri AI Is just too slow. 👀

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Max Weinbach@mweinbach

@MKBHD Only on some devices!

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Abdul@trrr4ce

@MKBHD Hopefully we get everything said this time around

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JeebsTX 🇺🇸@JeebsTX

@MKBHD Let’s be honest … they should have renamed it GSiri. 😎

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sandeep@s_108

@MKBHD Live Demo was done at 9:41 & time doesn't change over the few minutes - demo fake?

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Aayush Shah@Sameeraayush

@MKBHD New On-device models will ONLY WORK WITH iPhone 17 Pro. Not the base models.

#WWDC #WWDC26

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Jude Moon@judexmoon

@MKBHD The “new” Siri sounded awful. This whole AI thing isn’t working for Apple, they should just give up lol

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Tech Egbon@Tech_Egbon

@MKBHD The voice tones sounded like they need more work, but I'm sure apple can figure it out with future updates.

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Casey@caseyhast

@MKBHD Drop the AI, just Siri. It’s cleaner.

Lowkey, the IOS26 siri launch ui was way better

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Roberto Lafarga@roberto_lafarga

@MKBHD Yeah let’s just hope this 4th “new” Siri works 😭

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CT@pvstarop

@MKBHD It looks painfully slow..

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KingApe6@king_ape6

@MKBHD The customizable voice might be the best update Apple has announced so far

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Charlie OS ᯅ🇵🇷𝕏@CharioBro

@wholemars I prefer this format. Less awkward moments no applause for every single thing they say :P

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vance vojslavek@vancevojslavek

@s_108 @MKBHD apple does everything at 9:41, its a signature thing. search it online for more info if ur curious

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Migusfx@Migusfx

@MKBHD EU will not have Siri AI??? I paid more for my iPhone 17 Pro Max in Portugal (where we have a minimum wage of less than 1000€) than the Americans pay for it and now I’m stuck with a regular phone??? WTF @Apple 🤬

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UJ💲📈@Ujerry234

@MKBHD Hello @grok What do you think about this new development?

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hi—larry@hxllvry

@MKBHD What a time to open an argument with Siri

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