How to Enable New “announcement Notifications” on Your IPhone
One handy new feature coming in iOS 15 (already available in public beta) is the ability for Siri to read notifications from both Apple and third-party apps. Users have had the option to have Siri announce calls and text messages for a while, but Announce Notifications lets you customize which additional alerts you hear when wearing AirPods or certain Beats models, or when using CarPlay.
Also, once the notification is read, Siri will pause and listen for you to respond without saying “Hey Siri.” This means you can receive and respond to alerts while running or driving without removing and unlocking your device.
How to set up announcement notifications in iOS 15
First, iOS 15 is available as a public beta that you can try right now if you are anxious to use the feature. Otherwise, iOS 15 will be released this fall.
When you first launch iOS 15, you may be prompted to set up notifications. If you skip this or want to come back to it later, you’ll find what you need in Settings> Siri & Search . Click ” Notify me about notifications” to enable and configure this feature.
For example, you can choose whether to use announcement notifications with paired headphones or CarPlay, or both. You can also turn on Reply Without Confirmation so that Siri can reply without first reading your reply. Finally, you can choose which apps you want to receive notification notifications from.
Back in Siri and Search settings, you can also set up call alerts . As with iOS 14, choose whether to receive announcements through headphones and in the car, only through headphones, always or never.
Please note that Announce Messages (which is an existing text message announcement feature) is now part of Announce Notifications rather than a separate setting.