Siri's new feature won't light up when I say "Hey Siri"

First of all, you're describing a feature from Apple Intelligence, which hasn't been released yet. Secondly, if your iPhone is iPhone 13 Pro Max, it won't get Apple Intelligence at all. You need an iPhone with at least 8GB of RAM to use Apple Intelligence, when it is released. Your phone doesn't have the necessary RAM. The only iPhones which can use Apple Intelligence are iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max and all iPhone 16 models.

LGO-22 wrote:

When I ask Siri it doesn’t light up around my screen

Then you don't have Apple Intelligence running on your iPhone. But you haven't told us what iPhone you own or the iOS version running on your iPhone.

Read this link to make sure you have met every qualification in order to have Apple Intelligence --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

Notably:

1. You must own an iPhone 15 Pro/15 Pro Max or any iPhone 16 model
2. You must be updated to the most current iOS 18.3.1
3. Your language on your iPhone AND your Siri language must be set to one of the supported languages in the link I provided
4. You can't be in the EU, where Apple Intelligence is not yet supported
5. You can be in the China Market, nor can your phone have been manufactured for a China Market as Apple Intelligence is not approved there yet

I managed to fix this by turning off Apple Intelligence, then restarting the phone, the reactivating Apple Intelligence. Restart alone didn’t work.

PhillipPierre wrote:

Siri won’t light up for me and I updated my phone

• What iPhone do you own?
• You updated your iPhone to what iOS version exactly?
• Where do you live in the world?
• Have you read this support article to make sure you qualify for Apple Intelligence, you're not in the EU, you're not in a China market, nor was your phone manufactured for a China Market and you have made sure the language AND Siri language is set to a supported language --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

Likely because Apple Intelligence was released today, with iOS 18.1. Have you updated your iPhone to 18.1, then opted in to Apple Intelligence?

mzmocha wrote:

Oh, not lighting up when I say hey Siri, I just did update 18.2

• What model iPhone do you own?
• Where are you located?
• Have you downloaded and opted-in to Apple Intelligence, if you own an iPhone which is capable of supporting it and you've set the language and Siri language to a supported language?
• See this link to learn more about getting Apple Intelligence --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

Try a simple Forced Restart --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support (CA)

Was the edge lighting working before and just stopped recently? If that edge lighting isn’t showing up when you say “Hey Siri,” you can check:

• Settings > Siri & Search
• Make sure "Listen for 'Hey Siri'" or just "Listen for Siri" (depending on your iOS version) is enabled.
• Also check "Allow Siri When Locked" and "Press Side Button for Siri" are turned on.

Also try this guide.

First thing to check is you've somehow been signed out of Apple Intelligence on your iPhone. Open Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri - is it on?

After going on the AI waitlist, I got the AI enabled last night and now when I say hey Siri, the border of my phone lights up. So it has to do with getting AI installed on your phone by Apple. everything is good now

hensi744 wrote:

When I say, "Hey Seri", the light does not illuminate around the border of the ipad

Difficult to give any advice, when you don't tell us what model iPad you own, whether you're in a country where Apple Intelligence is supported, if you've changed your language and Siri language to a language which supports Apple Intelligence?

Have you read this to see if your iPad qualifies --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support

I was the same .. this is what I did

1. turn language used to uk region uk and Siri uk
2. all should be uk British Not uk Us
3. make sure apple intelligent is in then switch it to OFF TURN PHONE OFF BY PRESSING THE TEO TOP BUTTONS TOGETHER
4. 4. Turn back on then turn app intelligence back on
5. press reset network settings
6. my light now comes back on
7. hope this helps

Chat-choowa wrote:

Where is the light around my phone when you say hey siri?

Do you own an iPhone capable of running Apple Intelligence?

Go through this link to make sure you qualify and have everything configured appropriately if you do --> How to get Apple Intelligence - Apple Support (CA)

I reinstalled chatGPT. And just like that, Siri lights up again. 🙂

Caseyacts wrote:

Was there ever a solution to this? We just signed up with ATT and our family got six IPhone 16pros. 2 of them don’t do the big pulse like a light wave across the screen and then stay lit around the edges like the other 4.

Do you have Apple Intelligence enabled on them?