Hey Siri, How Old Am I? Some iPhone Users Given the Wrong Age [Fixed] - MacRumors
Skip to Content

Hey Siri, How Old Am I? Some iPhone Users Given the Wrong Age [Fixed]

If you ask Siri how old you are, there is a decent chance that the voice assistant will get your age wrong if your birthday has yet to pass this year.

siri symbol iphone
For example, while my birthday is in April and I am still 27 years old for a few more months, Siri tells me that I am already 28 when asked. As noted by the Dutch blog iCulture, the discrepancy likely relates to Siri miscalculating birthdays by only taking into account a person's year of birth and not the month or day. As evidence of this, Siri displays the correct age for anyone with a birthday that has already passed this year.

Note that if Siri doesn't know your age, then you probably haven't added your birthday to your iPhone's contact card.

While you probably know your own age, the issue extends to the ages of anyone in your iPhone's contacts list that you have entered a birthday for. Siri tells me that my wife is 29 years old, for example, when she is actually 28.

We asked a handful of iPhone users on both iOS 15.3 and the iOS 15.4 beta to ask Siri how old they are, and all but one said the wrong age appeared. It's possible that the issue doesn't affect all users for reasons unclear.

All in all, this is a minor issue, but it certainly doesn't help with Siri's reputation. Fortunately, it should be something that Apple can fix quite easily.

Update - February 1: Apple appears to have resolved this issue with a server-side fix.

Popular Stories

Siri App

Apple Seemingly Killed Siri AI Waitlist Workaround in macOS 27 Beta 2

Wednesday June 24, 2026 5:00 am PDT by
Apple appears to have closed the loophole that let Mac users skip the Siri AI waitlist in the latest macOS 27 Golden Gate beta. As we covered earlier this month, beta 1 testers can switch on the enhanced version of Siri straight away using a single Terminal command, effectively sidestepping Apple's waitlist. However, many users who are running the second developer beta of macOS 27, which...
Siri AI

Tim Cook Holds 'Constructive' Talks With EU Over Siri AI Launch

Wednesday July 1, 2026 4:49 am PDT by
Apple CEO Tim Cook held "constructive" talks with EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen on Tuesday about releasing Siri AI in the bloc while complying with the bloc's digital rules, reports the Financial Times ($). An EU spokesperson told the publication the virtual meeting had involved a "constructive exchange on topics of common interest, on which the work continues." Siri AI will be available...
watchos 27

Siri AI Comes to Apple Watch in watchOS 27 Beta 3

Monday July 6, 2026 1:24 pm PDT by
With watchOS 27 beta 3, Apple added support for Siri AI and the Siri app, so Apple Watch users can now use the features right from their wrist. Apple said Siri AI would be coming to the watch back when watchOS 27 was first introduced, but the feature wasn't live until now. The Dynamic App Grid that pops up when the Digital Crown is pressed displays the Siri app in the center, and the...

Top Rated Comments

58 months ago
Looking forward to the autonomous Apple Car!
Score: 34 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Billy_Bob Avatar
58 months ago
We can take comfort in knowing that Apple has its best engineers dedicated to the design of new emojis.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
antiprotest Avatar
58 months ago
Wait, but isn't the fact that Siri understands the question a drastic improvement?
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mrr Avatar
58 months ago
Siri said, “I don’t know your age.”
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ Avatar
58 months ago
I asked Siri. “How old is MacRumors”?

Siri replied:



Also asked for my own age. Siri straight up said. "I don't know your age".

[HR][/HR]

Find out the accurate answer on this post.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/hey-siri-how-old-am-i-some-iphone-users-given-the-wrong-age.2333027/post-30816673

Attachment Image
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Billy_Bob Avatar
58 months ago
Maybe it's finally time for the Siri coders to give up and start supporting a new command: "Hey Siri, ask Alexa..."
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)