diff --git a/packages/main/cypress/specs/SegmentedButton.cy.tsx b/packages/main/cypress/specs/SegmentedButton.cy.tsx
index 0339bac4373f0..74cbde2ec4597 100644
--- a/packages/main/cypress/specs/SegmentedButton.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/cypress/specs/SegmentedButton.cy.tsx
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ describe("SegmentedButton Accessibility", () => {
 		cy.get("[ui5-segmented-button]")
 			.shadow()
 			.find(".ui5-segmented-button-root")
-			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", SegmentedButton.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY));
+			.should("not.have.attr", "aria-description");
 	});
 
 	it("segmented button should have correct aria description when accessibleDescription is set", () => {
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ describe("SegmentedButton Accessibility", () => {
 		cy.get("[ui5-segmented-button]")
 			.shadow()
 			.find(".ui5-segmented-button-root")
-			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", `${DESCRIPTION} ${SegmentedButton.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY)}`);
+			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", DESCRIPTION);
 	});
 
 	it("segmented button should have correct aria description when accessibleDescriptionRef is set", () => {
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ describe("SegmentedButton Accessibility", () => {
 		cy.get("[ui5-segmented-button]")
 			.shadow()
 			.find(".ui5-segmented-button-root")
-			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", `${DESCRIPTION} ${SegmentedButton.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY)}`);
+			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", DESCRIPTION);
 	});
 
 	it("segmented button should have correct aria-multiselectable", () => {
@@ -504,13 +504,27 @@ describe("SegmentedButtonItem Accessibility", () => {
 			.eq(0)
 			.shadow()
 			.find("li")
-			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", DESCRIPTION);
+			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", `${DESCRIPTION} ${SegmentedButtonItem.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY)}`);
 
 		cy.get<SegmentedButtonItem>("@items")
 			.eq(1)
 			.shadow()
 			.find("li")
-			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", REF_DESCRIPTION);
+			.should("have.attr", "aria-description", `${REF_DESCRIPTION} ${SegmentedButtonItem.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY)}`);
+	});
+
+	it("segmented button items should not have aria-roledescription", () => {
+		cy.mount(
+			<SegmentedButton>
+				<SegmentedButtonItem>First</SegmentedButtonItem>
+				<SegmentedButtonItem>Second</SegmentedButtonItem>
+			</SegmentedButton>
+		);
+
+		cy.get("[ui5-segmented-button-item]")
+			.shadow()
+			.find("li")
+			.should("not.have.attr", "aria-roledescription");
 	});
 
 	it("should set title attribute to slot text when tooltip is not provided", () => {
diff --git a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButton.ts b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButton.ts
index 35e0c629d5664..1511864375e7d 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButton.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButton.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import {
 	isEscape,
 	isSpaceShift,
 } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/Keys.js";
-import { SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIPTION, SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY } from "./generated/i18n/i18n-defaults.js";
+import { LIST_ITEM_SELECTED } from "./generated/i18n/i18n-defaults.js";
+import announce from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/util/InvisibleMessage.js";
+import InvisibleMessageMode from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/types/InvisibleMessageMode.js";
 import "./SegmentedButtonItem.js";
 import type SegmentedButtonItem from "./SegmentedButtonItem.js";
 import SegmentedButtonSelectionMode from "./types/SegmentedButtonSelectionMode.js";
@@ -240,6 +242,10 @@ class SegmentedButton extends UI5Element {
 			selectedItems: this.selectedItems,
 		});
 
+		if (target.selected) {
+			announce(SegmentedButton.i18nBundle.getText(LIST_ITEM_SELECTED), InvisibleMessageMode.Assertive);
+		}
+
 		this._itemNavigation.setCurrentItem(target);
 
 		return this;
@@ -338,11 +344,7 @@ class SegmentedButton extends UI5Element {
 	}
 
 	get ariaDescriptionText() {
-		return `${(getEffectiveAriaDescriptionText(this) || "")} ${SegmentedButton.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY)}`.trim();
-	}
-
-	get ariaRoleDescription() {
-		return SegmentedButton.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIPTION);
+		return getEffectiveAriaDescriptionText(this) || undefined;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItem.ts b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItem.ts
index 85e2818f4851a..cba42e93a8635 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItem.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItem.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 import willShowContent from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/util/willShowContent.js";
 import slot from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/decorators/slot-strict.js";
 import jsxRenderer from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/renderer/JsxRenderer.js";
-import { SEGMENTEDBUTTONITEM_ARIA_DESCRIPTION } from "./generated/i18n/i18n-defaults.js";
+import { SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY } from "./generated/i18n/i18n-defaults.js";
 import type { ISegmentedButtonItem } from "./SegmentedButton.js";
 import SegmentedButtonItemTemplate from "./SegmentedButtonItemTemplate.js";
 
@@ -205,10 +205,6 @@ class SegmentedButtonItem extends UI5Element implements IButton, ISegmentedButto
 	@i18n("@ui5/webcomponents")
 	static i18nBundle: I18nBundle;
 
-	get ariaDescription() {
-		return SegmentedButtonItem.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTONITEM_ARIA_DESCRIPTION);
-	}
-
 	constructor() {
 		super();
 	}
@@ -268,7 +264,7 @@ class SegmentedButtonItem extends UI5Element implements IButton, ISegmentedButto
 	}
 
 	get ariaDescriptionText() {
-		return getEffectiveAriaDescriptionText(this) || undefined;
+		return `${(getEffectiveAriaDescriptionText(this) || "")} ${SegmentedButtonItem.i18nBundle.getText(SEGMENTEDBUTTON_ARIA_DESCRIBEDBY)}`.trim();
 	}
 
 	get showIconTooltip() {
diff --git a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItemTemplate.tsx b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItemTemplate.tsx
index 11765a7ac654f..f3514b79af2b6 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItemTemplate.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonItemTemplate.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export default function SegmentedButtonItemTemplate(this: SegmentedButtonItem) {
 			aria-setsize={this.sizeOfSet}
 			aria-selected={this.selected}
 			aria-disabled={this.disabled}
-			aria-roledescription={this.ariaDescription}
 			data-sap-focus-ref
 			onClick={this._onclick}
 			onKeyUp={this._onkeyup}
diff --git a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonTemplate.tsx b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonTemplate.tsx
index 27e98a21ba135..bdfb056056c65 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonTemplate.tsx
+++ b/packages/main/src/SegmentedButtonTemplate.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export default function SegmentedButtonTemplate(this: SegmentedButton) {
 			aria-orientation="horizontal"
 			aria-description={this.ariaDescriptionText}
 			aria-label={this.ariaLabelText}
-			aria-roledescription={this.ariaRoleDescription}
 		>
 			<slot></slot>
 		</ul>