How to turn off "Suggested commands" notifications on iPhone 8?

On my iPhone 8 I keep getting notifications titled "suggested commands" how do I switch this off please.


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Posted on Aug 7, 2023 5:06 AM

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Posted on Aug 8, 2023 10:21 AM

Hello!


These notifications are a result of a certain settings that’s turned on when using “Voice Control.”


As of now, you have Voice Control turned on. If you don’t use Voice Control, you can turn it off, and these suggestions will also go away: Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control. Now, at the very top, simply turn this feature OFF.


However, if you’re using Voice Control, but don’t want to see these suggestions, (officially known as “Hints”,) merely scroll down a little from the page I instructed you to go to above, and turn OFF “Show Hints.”


Examine the screenshot for a visual explanation:



Make sure to read the caption beneath “Show Hints” in the screenshot, so that you can learn more about this.


Have a wonderful day and good luck!

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Aug 8, 2023 10:21 AM in response to Maverickgao

Hello!


These notifications are a result of a certain settings that’s turned on when using “Voice Control.”


As of now, you have Voice Control turned on. If you don’t use Voice Control, you can turn it off, and these suggestions will also go away: Settings > Accessibility > Voice Control. Now, at the very top, simply turn this feature OFF.


However, if you’re using Voice Control, but don’t want to see these suggestions, (officially known as “Hints”,) merely scroll down a little from the page I instructed you to go to above, and turn OFF “Show Hints.”


Examine the screenshot for a visual explanation:



Make sure to read the caption beneath “Show Hints” in the screenshot, so that you can learn more about this.


Have a wonderful day and good luck!

Aug 8, 2023 7:54 AM in response to Maverickgao

I have never seen these notifications before and I had an iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus both for many years. However these notifications look like notifications coming from the Shortcuts app I get very similar notifications from the Shortcuts app. If this is the case go to Settings under Notifications and select Shortcuts and make sure Shortcuts notifications are off and if they aren’t turn them off and see what happens.

Aug 8, 2023 10:20 AM in response to H1290

The reason you’re seeing these notifications is, Voice Control is constantly listen for commands, (unless you let it go to sleep, which is not the point here,) so as you talk, you give it “wrong or invalid commands” which it doesn’t recognize, so it shows you a list of “hints” of commands similar to the words you’re saying that it recognizes and can carry out.

Aug 8, 2023 12:20 AM in response to Maverickgao

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