Works a charm for incoming messages but how do you reply? Apple Support says to say, “Reply [speak your reply]“ after the message is read. I’m getting crickets when I try this. I also tried pausing after “Reply” and still nothing. Is this a bug or am I holding it wrong? Any advice would be great, thanks.
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iPhone Replying to Messages Received By “Announce With Siri”
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The way that I have got it to work consistently is to say “reply” and your message right away after she finishes reading your text. If you wait like 2 seconds it doesn’t work. It’s funny because Apple never said anything about having to say “reply” before your message. They acted like you just answer and boom it’s done lol.
Thanks for the tip. I’ll give this a shot. Glad somebody got it to work which means there’s hope. Thought I tried it immediately but maybe not. I definitely used the “Reply” command first. Pretty sure I read that somewhere in my troubleshooting.
Which AirPods are you using, if you don’t me asking?
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I just checked Apple Support. It does give a reference to using a command but it’s pretty vague.
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Just got a text and I froze up thinking about your tip to get this to work lol. I need a few seconds to think about what I’m gonna reply to the text lol.
No worries. Appreciate the reply. It’s still not working for me though ?. I’m at Apple now checking to see if I can get replacements. It’s freezing up my Siri which is no good. I use “Hey Siri” on the AirPods all the time.
So the demo AirPods at the Apple store also failed which led me to believe it was something with my phone. I went home and connected my AirPods to my wife’s iPhone and tested it. Sure enough I was able to reply to the announced messages. I went through both our phone’s settings with a fine tooth comb and found that when I toggled off “Type To Siri” under accessibly, which my wife already had off, I was able to reply to announced messages through my AirPods. Works great. Also want to include that if you find Siri to be too low while announcing messages, be sure to adjust the volume while Siri is speaking. I was able to increase it to painful levels lol.
