Renaming Siri is possible through an accessibility feature called Vocal Shortcuts, whichhas been introduced with iOS 18.
A word of caution:iOS 18 is in a pre-release stageat the time of writing.
This means that you should avoid installing it on your primary iPhone.
What is Vocal Shortcuts?
Lots of tech companies are investing in accessibility, which is a great thing.
To do this on your iOS 18 iPhone, head over toSettings > Accessibility > Vocal Shortcutsand enableVocal Shortcuts.
Next, tapAdd Actionon this page and hitContinue.
Use the search box up top to locate Siri and selectSirifrom the list of results.
Yes, it’s totally okay to choose “Alexa,” or even “OK, Google.”
Why you shouldn’t rename Siri
Vocal Shortcuts works great.
Whenever you speak the custom phrase you set for Siri, it’ll launch the voice assistant for you.
However, there’s a catchthis method adds a significant delay in launching Siri.
It takes your iPhone a second or two to understand the custom phrase and fire up Siri.
This makes the process significantly slower.
It’s far from ideal.
you might set up a custom phrase for a specific Siri command.
This way, you’ll be able to use a custom name for certain Siri actions.
To do this, go toSettings > Accessibility > Vocal Shortcuts > Add Action > Siri Request.
After this, choose the custom phrase you wish to use to trigger the voice command.
you’ve got the option to then speak the command three times and confirm the Vocal Shortcut.
