iPhone answers itself

OK, this is strange. For the last week or two, when my iPhone (SE, 16.6.1) rings, it automatically answers! That is, when someone calls me and it rings, by the time I get the phone out of my holster, they're already saying "hello? hello? to me. That is, the phone connects to the call without me sliding the slide bar to answer. What's going on? This is VERY annoying. HELP!

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

Posted on Oct 6, 2023 6:36 PM

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Posted on Oct 6, 2023 6:47 PM

Ah, geez. I figured it out. Somehow "Auto-Answer Calls" in Settings/Accessibility/Touch/Call Audio Routing got turned on. That's pretty obscure. You'd think it would be under "Phones" or something instead of deeply buried in Accessibility. Not sure how auto-answering bears on accessibility, unless maybe people have fingers that can't slide the answering slider.

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Oct 6, 2023 6:47 PM in response to Dannymac22

Ah, geez. I figured it out. Somehow "Auto-Answer Calls" in Settings/Accessibility/Touch/Call Audio Routing got turned on. That's pretty obscure. You'd think it would be under "Phones" or something instead of deeply buried in Accessibility. Not sure how auto-answering bears on accessibility, unless maybe people have fingers that can't slide the answering slider.

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