Published
August 4, 2026
The $95 million Lopez v. Apple settlement paid Siri owners for recordings captured by unintended activations, and payments that were never cashed have now expired. If one of those payments was yours, the administrator is letting you ask for it to be reissued through September 3, 2026.
Current Status
The claim period in the Apple Siri voice assistant settlement closed on July 2, 2025, and payments went out beginning January 23, 2026. Payments that were not cashed, deposited, or accepted by June 7, 2026 have expired. Claimants whose payment expired can request a reissued payment on the settlement website through September 3, 2026, and the settlement administrator estimates that final reissued payments will be sent on or around September 17, 2026. The administrator described the September 3 request deadline as the last chance to receive a settlement payment.
Status
Payment Reissuance Open
Only for people who already filed a valid claim
Reissuance Request Deadline
September 3, 2026
No timezone was specified by the administrator
Estimated Reissue Date
On or around September 17, 2026
An administrator estimate, not a guaranteed delivery date
What You Need
Claimant ID Code + Confirmation Code
Issued when you filed and repeated in the administrator's reminder emails
Can I File a New Claim?
No — claims closed July 2, 2025
What Changed
When the settlement administrator distributed payments in January 2026, each payment carried a void date roughly 120 days out: June 7, 2026. A share of those payments was never negotiated. Some class members never opened the email carrying a digital check, some had a paper check go stale in a drawer, and some had a bank return the payment.Rather than let those amounts drop out of reach at the void date, the administrator opened a reissuance window and emailed the affected claimants to tell them their payment had expired and could still be recovered. The request form is on the settlement website's "Request Payment Reissuance" page, and it also lets you choose how you want the reissued payment delivered.
Who Can Request a Reissue
This step is only open to people who already filed a valid claim in the settlement and were sent a payment they did not cash, deposit, or accept before it expired. It is not a second claim period, and it does not reopen eligibility for anyone who missed the original July 2, 2025 filing deadline.If you filed a claim and are not sure what happened to your payment, check the email address you used on the claim form, including its spam and promotions folders — digital checks in this settlement were delivered by email, and bank deposits appeared on statements under labels such as "Lopez Voice Assistant."
How to Request the Reissued Payment
The request runs entirely through the official settlement website. You will need two codes:• Claimant ID Code — assigned when you submitted your claim
• Confirmation Code — issued with the claim confirmation and repeated in the administrator's reminder emails about your payment
Enter both on the reissuance page, confirm your details, and select a payment method. There is no fee to make the request, and no one needs to be paid to file it for you.
Requests go through the settlement website's Request Payment Reissuance page. If you cannot locate your codes, the settlement website's contact page is the route to the administrator; OpenClassActions is not the administrator and cannot look up a claim.
How Much Is the Reissued Payment?
A reissued payment is the same amount as the one that expired — the reissuance process does not recalculate anything. In the January 2026 distribution, payments worked out to roughly $8 per claimed device, below the $20 per-device cap, because the net fund was divided pro rata among the valid claims that came in. A claimant who filed for the maximum five devices received about $40.Those figures come from the distribution as it was reported at the time. Your own payment amount is whatever the administrator calculated for your claim, and it is tied to the number of devices you claimed.
Yes, the Payment Is Real
Payments in this case surfaced in bank accounts under names like "Lopez Voice Assistant" and "Lopez Voice Asst — Payouts," which read as unfamiliar to people who filed a claim months earlier and had forgotten about it. Those deposits are the Apple Siri settlement, and mainstream outlets covered the confusion when the first round landed.The reverse caution still applies. A legitimate reissuance request is made on the official settlement website and asks only for your codes, your contact details, and a payment method. It never requires a fee, a Social Security number, or a payment to a third party to "release" your funds.
What This Case Was About
The lawsuit alleged that Siri activated without the "Hey Siri" trigger, captured conversations the speakers intended to be private, and that Apple obtained those recordings and shared some of them with third parties, including contractors reviewing audio for quality. Apple denied every allegation and denied doing anything improper or unlawful, and the settlement resolved the claims without any admission of wrongdoing. No court found Apple liable.The settlement class covered individual U.S. owners and purchasers of Siri-enabled devices — iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, iMac, HomePod, iPod touch, and Apple TV — for a class period running September 17, 2014 through December 31, 2024. Claimants filed under oath for up to five devices, and the $95 million fund paid out pro rata after fees, expenses, notice, and administration costs.
For the full settlement history — eligibility, the fund breakdown, the claim numbers, and how the payout math landed — see our Apple Siri settlement page and the payout results breakdown.
What Happens Next
The reissuance request window closes September 3, 2026, with reissued payments estimated to go out on or around September 17, 2026. The administrator has framed this as the final opportunity to receive a payment in this settlement. What becomes of any funds still undistributed after that is governed by the settlement agreement and the court's orders in the case.Frequently Asked Questions
Can I still file a new claim in the Apple Siri settlement?
No. The claim deadline was July 2, 2025 and it has passed. The reissuance request is only for people who already filed a valid claim and were sent a payment that expired before it was cashed or deposited.
What information do I need to request a reissued payment?
The reissuance form asks for the Claimant ID Code and the Confirmation Code you were given when you filed your claim. Those codes also appear in the reminder emails the settlement administrator sent about your payment.
When will a reissued Apple Siri settlement payment arrive?
The settlement administrator estimates that final reissued payments will be sent on or around September 17, 2026. That is an estimate published by the administrator, not a guaranteed delivery date.
How much is the reissued payment?
It is the same amount as the payment that expired. Payments in the January 2026 distribution averaged about $8 per claimed device, against a $20 per-device cap for up to five devices.
What happens if I miss the September 3, 2026 reissuance deadline?
The administrator described this as the last chance to receive a settlement payment. Funds that remain undistributed after the reissuance process are handled under the settlement agreement and the court's orders.
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Sources
• Official settlement website — Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement• Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement, Lopez et al. v. Apple Inc., No. 4:19-cv-04577-JSW (N.D. Cal.)
• Settlement administrator payment-reissuance notice to claimants, 2026
• CBS News — coverage of the "Lopez Voice Assistant" deposits
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Status
Payment reissuance open through September 3, 2026
Case Title
Lopez et al. v. Apple Inc.
Case Number
4:19-cv-04577-JSW
Court
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Settlement Fund
$95,000,000
Claim Deadline
July 2, 2025 (closed)
Official Website
Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement
