How to get Siri to read your notifications on AirPods

(Pocket-lint) - Apple's AirPods connection a fig of features, from sharing audio to automatically switching betwixt Apple devices. There's besides the Announce Notifications feature, though, which sees Siri read retired incoming messages, calls and notifications erstwhile you person compatible AirPods - oregon compatible Beats headphones - successful your ears, oregon you are driving a car that supports CarPlay.

Here's everything you request to cognize astir the Announce Notifications feature, including how to get Siri to denote your Messages, Calls and different notifications, what you request to get it to enactment and which headphones are compatible.

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What bash you request to get Siri to denote your Notifications?

First up, you'll request to marque definite your iPhone is moving astatine slightest iOS 15 bundle and your iPad is moving the astatine slightest iPadOS 15 software. To bash this, caput to the Settings app > General > Software Update.

You'll besides request a compatible brace of Apple headphones or Beats headphones for the Announce Notifications diagnostic to work. The compatible headphones are: 

• Apple AirPods Max
• Apple AirPods Pro
• Apple AirPods (3rd Generation)
• AirPods (2nd Generation)
• Beats Powerbeats Pro
• Beats Solo Pro

How bash you crook Announce Notifictions on?

Turning the Announce Notifications diagnostic connected is beauteous straightforward, erstwhile you are connected the bundle physique you request to beryllium on. To crook connected Announce Notifications:

1. Open Settings connected your iPhone oregon iPad
2. Tap connected Notifications
3. Scroll down to Announce Notifications nether the Siri section
4. Toggle Announce Notification on
5. Choose whether you privation notifications to beryllium announced erstwhile connected to Headphones and/or CarPlay
6. In the 'Announce Notifications From' section, pat connected each apps you privation Siri to work retired notifications from
7. Choose whether to toggle connected 'Reply Without Confirmation' 

Siri volition denote immoderate caller Messages, calls oregon notifications erstwhile you are connected to immoderate of the compatible headphones successful the conception above, your iPhone oregon iPad is locked and your surface is off. Siri volition besides perceive aft speechmaking retired your messages and notifications to let you to reply without having to accidental "Hey Siri" first.

If you crook 'Reply Without Confirmation' on, Siri volition nonstop replies for apps that enactment replies without speechmaking backmost the connection archetypal truthful we counsel you lone crook this connected if you're assured successful Siri's quality to recognize you.

Within the 'Announce Notifications From', immoderate supported apps volition look here.

How bash you reply to an Announced Message with Siri?

As mentioned above, Siri volition beryllium listening aft it has finished speechmaking an Announced Message retired to you, meaning you tin conscionable accidental reply, followed by a dictation of your reply.

What happens adjacent volition past beryllium connected the settings you person chosen. If you person toggled connected 'Reply Without Confirmation', your dictated connection volition conscionable beryllium sent aft you decorativeness talking. If you person the 'Reply Without Confirmation' diagnostic turned off, Siri volition work your reply to you and corroborate you would similar to nonstop it.

Anything other you should know?

Announce notifications isn't the lone announcing that AirPods are susceptible of. There is besides a mounting that you tin crook connected truthful your AirPods volition denote who is calling you erstwhile an incoming telephone comes done and your AirPods are connected.

Go to Settings > Phone > Announce calls > Select Headphones Only oregon Headphones & Car.

You tin read our diagnostic connected AirPods tips and tricks for a fewer other tips and to assistance you get the astir retired of Apple's wireless earbuds. We besides person a Apple iMessages tips and tricks with plentifulness of hidden gems worthy checking out.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 1 November 2019.