In Apple’s iOS 17 beta, two new “British” Siri voices were discovered that can be selected from the Settings app by going to ‌Siri‌ and Search and then selecting ‌Siri‌ Voice. The new voices are the third and fourth options, joining the two original “British” ‌Siri‌ voices.

Siri functionality for iOS 17
The two new “British” voices, which sound more natural than the existing two, are the only voices that have been added to ‌iOS 17‌ so far. It is not clear if they were added in the third beta or if they were included in previous betas, but they were discovered before the last updated third beta by MacRumors MegaBlue forum member.

In ‌iOS 17‌, other ‌Siri‌ updates include an option to strip “Hey” from the “Hey Siri” invocation, the ability to have Siri read web articles aloud, and the ability to stop ‌Siri‌ and make back-to-back requests without reactivation.

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