Impossible to reply to messages from locked homescreen with IOS15

If you long-press on the message on your lock screen the keyboard will pop up and you’ll be able to reply. :)

Hope this helps!

Had the same problem and had to look around for the solution. Double check Reply to Messages is turned on under Face ID & passcode in settings. Then in the lock screen you have to press and hold the message to be able to reply or even preview a notification from other apps. Not sure why this change wasn’t mentioned more clearly

Thx this worked for me, just have to long press on the message on the lock screen and the text window will expand so you can reply :)

Hi lwalther,

It appears that after updating to iOS 15 you're unable to reply to messages from the WhatsApp app from the Lock screen. Have you noticed if this is happening with other apps as well or only with the WhatsApp? We want to see if this is happening with multiple apps or only a specific app. Does restarting your iPhone 11 Pro Max help? Restart your iPhone It may seem like a simple step, but it can sometimes help resolve issues.

If this is only happening with a specific app, you could try the steps in the following article: If an app on your iPhone or iPad stops responding, closes unexpectedly, or won’t open The title may not match what you're encountering, but the steps inside could possibly help.

Take care.

This is across all apps not just WhatsApp and it’s very annoying. Restarting does not help

Same problem here, even with the bug fix to ios 15.1. I still can’t reply from my locked screen on either my iphone 11 or ipad 5th gen. Both updated with latest releases. Tired of these bugs all the time.

Having the same problem here with all apps, even if I long press on the message I’m not able to reply, it simply enlarges the message. Can anyone help ASAP, this is getting very annoying?

Checked the settings under Face ID and passcode and reply to messages is turned on. When pressing and holding the message no option to reply comes up. Other options such as change settings,remind later etc come up

I am having the same problem with iOS 15 matter fact I’m having several problems so if I am on a call and the screen darkens the only way I can get back into the phone instead of the touch face or passcode is to actually hit the power button or restart it it will not wake back up to authenticate for me to get back into the device