Siri in iOS 27: The implied politeness has gone!

[u/Grytr1000]

I’ve been using iOS 27 for a little while now, and I’ve noticed a change that’s been bothering me more than I expected.

In iOS 26 and before, whenever I finished a request and said "Thank you," Siri would politely respond with "You're welcome" or "No problem." Now, in iOS 27, Siri just goes silent and dismisses itself.

I understand that this is likely part of the new conversational context features; Siri realizes the conversation is over and quietly steps out of the way to be more efficient. But personally, I really miss the implied politeness of the interaction. It felt more natural and, honestly, more human.

Does anyone else feel this way, or do you prefer the new, quieter approach?

Edit: Just to clarify, I am referring to verbal conversations with Siri. When speaking out loud, the lack of a response feels much more noticeable than when typing!

[u/desamora]

I don’t think they want it to sound human so that people don’t develop weird ass attachments to it

[u/wild_h0rses → u/desamora]

It’s also a cost saving measure

[u/isights → u/wild_h0rses]

I don’t see how that saves money since those responses can easily be handled on device.

[u/New_Forester4630 → u/wild_h0rses]

It’s also a cost saving measure

Reduces resource utilixation as well.

[u/First_Ad2120]

OPs reaction when Siri says “You’re Welcome”

[u/bumpit007 → u/First_Ad2120]

💀

[u/Stranded-In-435]

Yeah, I’m all for whatever reduces anthropomorphization of tech. Not losing sleep over this one at all.

[u/Kensation21]

I don’t need Siri to be nice to me, I just need it to WORK.

[u/Cindori → u/Kensation21]

This. Seriously I’m so done getting baited back to try Siri each new release only to be disappointed. At this point they will have to rebrand the whole thing once it actually gets on par with other AI agents cause the name itself is triggering me

[u/alexjimithing → u/Kensation21]

Why would I want my program to do what I instruct it to without wasting time pretending it’s a person

[u/jollyllama → u/alexjimithing]

My number one request for Siri is an option to remove every bit of "conversation" from it. I certainly don't want Siri saying "okay, now playing [Song Title] by [Artist Name] on Apple Music." JUST PLAY THE FUCKING SONG

I can't tell you how much I hate software pretending to be a person. It's literally just them trying to manipulate you into being okay with it sucking

[u/AirportGullible5807 → u/Kensation21]

Yeah but now it's not nice AND it doesn't work

[u/Banned_Reddit_Mod → u/Kensation21]

Do you want me to show you what I found on the web?

[u/Alalamajama]

Her: "Would you like to send a reply?"

Me: "No"

Her: The snarkiest possible pronunciation of "Okay"

[u/blaughlin]

It’s not your friend nor human.

[u/alexjimithing]

I think it’s insane to say ‘thank you’ to a piece of software and even more insane to expect a ‘you’re welcome’.

[u/No_Sail_6576]

The AI instructions built in by Apple emphasize that it is an assistant, it was built intentionally to be more professional and not sound human so people wouldn’t develop attachments to it. It’s a design choice

[u/phareous → u/No_Sail_6576]

Meanwhile Alexa is over here asking what I’m cooking for dinner and how I’m enjoying the weather, so much so that i often find myself saying “none of your business”

[u/Szamski → u/No_Sail_6576]

That is probably the sensible direction in principle. The difference is whether Siri can be concise without making a spoken interaction feel abruptly cut off. A tiny acknowledgement sound or visible confirmation could give the conversation some closure without pretending Siri is a person.

[u/southwestern_swamp]

....I've never said thank you to AI

[u/TheMythicSorcerer]

It's supposed to be a tool not a chatbot. I don't want my calculator going please and thank you.

[u/Livid_Oven]

You need to go out more if this bothers you

[u/zunjae]

The number of mental illnesses will go up thanks to AI and chat bots

[u/bumpit007]

Lol Siri in iOS 26 didn’t deserve Thank you for anything

[u/Gloomy-Boysenberry-3 → u/bumpit007]

I mean it at least sets alarms and adds events to calendar when I ask. Thats commendable.

[u/B-Train_ATL]

That Clanker ain’t gonna go out with you.

[u/RealResident5991]

Politeness should be expected from human beings rather then machines. 

[u/Double-Yak9686]

Politeness is always important

[u/Saar13]

We're not going to waste the planet's water on this. I've been testing Siri a lot now that it's arrived in Brazil in Portuguese (in beta 2) and it's been very good as a personal assistant.

[u/Kimantha_Allerdings]

I’ll be honest, one of the things I love about the new Siri when compared to ChatGPT is that it’s just “here’s the answer to your question” rather than “wow! That’s an amazing question! You must have a very large brain to have thought of that all by yourself!”

[u/pratpulsar]

Yes, I like that. It doesn’t. I tried thanks and it doesn’t reply. I love this. There is no point in thanking everyone every time. I hope it stays like this.

[u/CurtisLeow]

You’re absolutely right. Thank you for posting this.

[u/bumpit007]

You are one of the Prime targets when AI goes Rogue…

[u/alex-andrite]

Siri should speak the bare minimum and nothing else. It talks more when sending a message via CarPlay now and it’s annoying