How to Fix Airpods Announcing Incoming Messages on iPhone Devices

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Enabling or Disabling AirPods Announcing Incoming Messages

AirPods' ability to announce incoming messages through Siri can be both convenient and distracting, depending on your preferences. Here’s how you can enable or disable this feature on your iPhone.

Where to Find the Settings

To manage the "Announce Messages with Siri" feature, you need to navigate to the Notifications settings on your iPhone. Here are the steps:

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap on Notifications.
  3. Scroll down and find "Announce Notifications". This option might be listed under a section related to Siri or notifications.

Enabling Announce Messages

If you want Siri to announce incoming messages, follow these steps:

  1. Ensure "Announce Notifications" is turned on. This toggle will enable the feature for all supported apps.
  2. Choose which apps to announce notifications from. Tap on the app names under the "Announce Notifications From" section. For example, you can enable it for the Messages app.
  3. Select which contacts' messages to announce. Under the "Announce Messages From" header, you can choose to have Siri announce messages from Everyone, Recents, All Contacts, or just Favorites.

Disabling Announce Messages

If you find the feature distracting, you can disable it:

  1. Open the Settings app and navigate to Notifications.
  2. Find and tap "Announce Notifications".
  3. Toggle off the "Announce Notifications" switch. This will disable the feature entirely.

Customizing Announce Notifications

You can customize the announce notifications to suit your needs:

  1. Turn off only for headphones: Keep the top "Announce Notifications" toggle enabled, but turn off the "Headphones" toggle. This way, Siri won’t announce notifications when your iPhone is connected to AirPods or other compatible headphones.
  2. Decide on a per-app basis: You can keep the top "Announce Notifications" toggle enabled and then tap the app names under the "Allow Notifications From" section to decide if you want to hear notifications from that app or not.

Adding Announce Notifications to Control Center

For quick access, you can add the Announce Notifications toggle to the Control Center:

  1. Go to Settings and tap Control Center.
  2. Under More Controls, tap the green plus button for "Announce Notifications".
  3. Open Control Center and tap the Announce Notifications icon. This will allow you to quickly enable or disable the feature.

Supported AirPods Models

The "Announce Messages with Siri" feature is supported on 2nd generation AirPods, AirPods Pro (all generations), and AirPods Max. First-generation AirPods do not support this feature.

Troubleshooting Common Issues

  • Feature Not Available: Ensure you are using a supported AirPods model. The feature is not available on first-generation AirPods.
  • Setting Not Staying On: If the setting keeps turning off when you exit the Settings app, try restarting your iPhone and then re-enable the feature.
  • Feature Not Appearing: Make sure your AirPods are properly connected to your iPhone and that you are running the latest version of iOS.

By following these steps, you can effectively manage the "Announce Messages with Siri" feature on your iPhone, ensuring it works as you prefer.

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