Siri gets a new voice in iOS 15.4 beta
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The latest beta of iOS 15.4 adds a fifth American voice for its Siri voice assistant. Apple's user-facing interface simply calls it Voice 5," but iOS developer Steve Moser reports that its filename refers to the new voice as Quinn." The voice has arrived a little under a year after Apple added its last two American Siri voices, and stopped defaulting to using a female-sounding voice.
Axios notes that the new voice sounds more gender-neutral than earlier Siri voices. Apple confirmed to the publication that it was recorded by a member of the LGBTQ+ community, though the company didn't offer any further details on the voice actor's identity. Last year's voices were recorded by Black actors as part of the company's long-standing...