Home button not activating Siri on devices with home buttons

1. This worked! Go to Siri menu, turn Off the toggle for Press Home for Siri.
2. Also turn Off the toggle for Listen for "Hey Siri" (or Talk & Type to Siri).
3. Restart your iPhone SE by holding the Side/Power button, sliding to power off, and turning it back on.
4. Once the phone boots back up, return to the Siri settings menu and turn both Press Home for Siri and Listen for "Hey Siri" back On.

Ronnie ~ As devices with a Home button could be 4½ or more years old, it's worth checking for a weak, aging battery (which can affect the Home button & Siri.) So, for each device...

Does it still have its original battery?

And what's the Maximum Capacity % here?...

Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging

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AdamG32 wrote: "Same issue home button does not summon Siri after the latest update. Still works for closing apps and such. Battery Health 87%. No Siri settings seems to help. The solution to turn on text to Siri, says to press and hold a side button to summon. That does not work either."

Adam ~ What device / model is it?...

Settings > General > About > Model Name

And what version of its OS is it running?...

Settings > General > About > OS Version

Battery Health of 87% implies the battery has been replaced. Was it done at an Apple Store or by other qualified technician using a genuine iPhone battery?...

Repair Provider Verification - Official Apple Support

About genuine iPhone batteries

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Same issue home button does not summon Siri after the latest update. Still works for closing apps and such. Battery Health 87%. No Siri settings seems to help. The solution to turn on text to Siri, says to press and hold a side button to summon. That does not work either.

Ronniej20_12 wrote: "my battery health is about 90% on my iPhone..."

Ronnie ~ Battery Health of 90% on an old iiPhone SE implies the battery has been replaced. Was it done at an Apple Store or by other qualified technician using a genuine iPhone battery?...

Repair Provider Verification - Official Apple Support

About genuine iPhone batteries

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Same problem here on SE following update to 27.0.1.

It’s not a battery issue.

I’ve noted that following update my Siri requests settings are preserved as Hey Siri = Off

Press Home for Siri = On

…however, the text underneath “Press Home for Siri” now reads “Press and hold the side button to talk to Siri.”

I’ve tried the side button instead but no Siri.

AdamG32’s solution above worked (and I feel a bit silly for not trying this already)

Also, the fix is very good news as just this morning I set a timer to cook my egg for 7 hours instead of 7 minutes due to lack of Siri

my battery health is about 90% on my iPhone, but my iPad is having the same issue, it could possibly be the most recent update.

Same exact situation, but hey siri works for me!

I bought it from backmarket, the parts are genuine, but I believe it is software related, issue persists after a restart.

I’m having the same problem, on an SE 3rd gen running iOS 27.0.1. Battery is absolutely not an issue with this phone.

I don’t want to do Hey Siri though. If the button won’t work then I guess no more Siri for me.

Update: This problem went away for my SE, with the update to iOS 27.2.