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How do you make Siri read texts when your iPhone is locked. She is asking me to unlock the phone first but I don’t want to pick the phone up while driving or at any other time when wanting texts read to me especially during food prep.
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According to the iPhone User Guide, iPhone User Guide - Apple Support it seems that Siri can only read Messages when locked if you are using AirPods.
If you connect your AirPods (AirPods Max, AirPods Pro, and AirPods 2nd generation) to your iPhone and a message arrives, Siri can read the message to you, even if your iPhone is locked. Siri listens after reading messages so you can reply without saying “Hey Siri.” See Use Siri with AirPods on iPhone.
According to the iPhone User Guide, iPhone User Guide - Apple Support it seems that Siri can only read Messages when locked if you are using AirPods.
If you connect your AirPods (AirPods Max, AirPods Pro, and AirPods 2nd generation) to your iPhone and a message arrives, Siri can read the message to you, even if your iPhone is locked. Siri listens after reading messages so you can reply without saying “Hey Siri.” See Use Siri with AirPods on iPhone.
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I already have AirPods but she won’t read texts through those until the phone is unlocked either. When I get out to my car at night and start driving home I just want her to read all the days texts to me. She says I have to unlock my phone first but since there is no home button to read my fingerprint anymore, stupidly, I have to hold the phone up to my face while driving and even turn on the interior light just to get her to read my #%<€ texts.
Face ID is one of the reasons I will probably leave apple when I have to upgrade to a phone without touch. While the other companies are making their phone more accessible and safer to use with today’s driving laws Apple is making their phone more useless and cumbersome. And Siri asking for your phone to be unlocked unless you have the correct AirPods shows Apple’s greed is more important than customer satisfaction.
I’m following this because I’m looking for answer for same issue. Meanwhile I’ll keep looking for solution.
This doesn’t work if the messages are already there, only for new messages. I want Siri to read the existing new messages to me.
This seems like a nice scam by Apple to force you to buy AirPods. This goes against the new world we live in and makes android look more inviting than it already is.
I’ve turned off “Require attention for Face ID “ and “ Attention aware features” so far this is working.
It only worked once :(
Why is this in the apple website if it has nothing to do with apple? Just more fraudulent representation from apple.
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