My AirPods are not announcing calls after iOS 18 update

I had a 12 pro until last week 12/18/24 & now I have a 16 pro max but ever since I updated my iphone to ios 18.1 in November my airpod pros won’t announce phone calls. Allow notifications is on, Announce notifications for Phone is on, ringtone and tone volume is maxed out. It doesn’t matter if my phone is locked or not and I have Siri set for Headphones Only. I have deleted/forgot devices and then re-paired them and I have turned my devices on and off, to no avail. I’ve searched for answers all over the place, ie here, inet, reddit, 25-yo “kids” and can’t find a solution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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