Since updating my iPhone Xs From iOS 12.4 to iOS 13.3.1, my audible text notifications are intermittent. There does not appear to be a rhyme or reason to them. Someone can be texting with and I get the notifications and then suddenly I don’t. I do get the visual notifications. Everything was working fine prior to the update. I have restarted the phone a couple of times, but it didn’t help.
iPhone XS
Hello MLDiamond,
Thanks for that info and for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If I understand correctly, you are unable to hear some notification sounds for the Messages app on your iPhone. To help with this, please go to Settings > Bluetooth and temporarily turn this off, go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, make sure 'Change with buttons' is disabled and move the volume slider to zero, then up to max, then to the preferred volume level. Next go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode and temporarily disable Attention Aware Features. Then check your notification settings for the Messages app and test your issue again.
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Cheers!
Thanks! Your solution seems to have worked. Everything seems to be working fine again. I don’t use Bluetooth, but with that latest update, it must’ve turned on my Bluetooth. I didn’t realize that it had been on.
iPhone Xs intermittent audible text notifications since 13.3.1 iOS from 12.4
