Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant all have alternate voices. Heres how to find them.Destroy stereotypes with a male-voiced digital assistant. Show By David Nield | Updated Jul 20, 2021 2:25 PM
 If you've always wanted a fancier iPhone, start by giving Siri an elegant English accent. Omid Armin/Unsplash SHARE Many of us are now having daily conversations with smart digital assistants, asking them about everything from the weather for the next few days, to whats next on our to-do list, what our reminders for the day are, and plenty more. With this much dialog going on, it makes sense to have the Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa sounding the way youd like it towith the voice and accent of your choosing. But if you use Windows Cortana, youre out of luck, as Microsoft doesnt offer alternative voices for its digital assistant at the moment. Google AssistantThe Google Assistant can speak to you from a variety of devices, but only some allow you to change the voice it uses: Smartphones, tablets, smart speakers, and smart displays are included, but Chromebooks and Wear OS smartwatches arent, at the moment. From the Google app for Android or iOS, tap your profile picture (top right), then choose Assistant settings, and Assistant voice. The choices you see will vary depending on your region and the language your device is set to, but you can tap to select a different voice and hear a preview of it. Changing the voice here will affect all the phones, tablets, smart speakers, and smart displays attached to your Google accountyou only need to do it once. SiriSiri speaks on most Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches. One device that misses out is the Apple TV, and while Siri can respond to requests you speak out to the gadget, youll only be able to read the answers on the screen and wont hear anything back. To change the voice of Siri on an iPhone or iPad, open the main Settings panel, then choose Siri & Search. Tap Siri Voice to see a list of voice options, which will depend on your region and device language. [Related: How to get Alexa, Siri, and Google to understand you better] Youll typically get a choice of a male or a female voice, and a list of voice varieties, so if your device is set to English, the options might include American, British, and Irish. As you pick new voices and varieties, youll hear previews of how they sound. The voice you pick will also come out of your iPhone and iPad, as well as any connected CarPlay dashboard or Apple Watch. Your choice of Siri voice isnt synced to any Mac computers you might have, so youll have to configure these separately. Open the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, and open the Siri screenas on mobile devices, you can choose a voice variety and a specific voice, and youll hear a preview every time you make a new selection. AlexaYou need to open up the Alexa app for Android or iOS to change the voice of Amazons smart assistant. You can make separate picks for each of your connected smart speakers and smart displays, as well as for the specific voice the Alexa app uses. Tap More, Settings, Device Settings, and select a device. There, you can choose the option under Language to make the switch. Alexa doesnt give you a list of voice varieties (such as male or female) here, but you can switch to different versions of the same languageso Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States for English, for example. Amazon has just announced the first proper alternative voices for Alexa, though the setting hasnt rolled out to the Alexa apps at the time of writing. Its only available in the US for now, and you can enable it by saying Alexa, change your voice to whatever Alexa device youd like to reconfigure. The other option is to install a celebrity voice on an Alexa-enabled devicebut itll cost you $5. Just say Alexa, introduce me to followed by the first name of the celebrity. At the moment, you can choose between Shaq (ONeal), Melissa (McCarthy), or Samuel (L. Jackson). Be aware that these celebrities only respond to a limited number of questions, around topics like the weather, setting alarms, and making jokesthese voices arent going to completely replace Alexa on your chosen device. As with the alternative voice, these celebrity voices are only available in the US. David Nield David Nield is a tech journalist from the UK who has been writing about gadgets and apps since way before the iPhone and Twitter were invented. When he's not busy doing that, he usually takes breaks from all things tech with long walks in the countryside. alexa digital assistant DIY evergreen Google Assistant MORE TO READ
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