What’s the bottom icon?

[jwolf6589]

What’s the bottom icon in control center and what does it do?

 

[jz0309]

interesting, it's not listed on Apple's documentation ... have you tapped it yet? it almost looks like it could be ECG?

Use Control Center on Apple Watch

Check your battery, silence your watch, turn on Do Not Disturb, turn your Apple Watch into a flashlight, put your Apple Watch in airplane mode, and more in Control Center on Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

 

[Mr. Awesome]

That’s Sound Recognition, I believe. You can set it up in Accessibility settings on your iPhone. When it’s enabled, it will alert you if it detects common sounds like a door opening, a fire alarm, etc. It’s intended for those who are hard of hearing.

 

[FHoff]

It the Siri announce messages icon when AirPods etc are connected.

 

[jwolf6589]

It the Siri announce messages icon when AirPods etc are connected.

But my AirPods were not connected.

 

[jwolf6589]

That’s Sound Recognition, I believe. You can set it up in Accessibility settings on your iPhone. When it’s enabled, it will alert you if it detects common sounds like a door opening, a fire alarm, etc. It’s intended for those who are hard of hearing.

Thank you. I like noise level being on to tell me when there is loud noise in the area.

 

[jwolf6589]

What’s the bottom icon in control center and what does it do?

interesting, it's not listed on Apple's documentation ... have you tapped it yet? it almost looks like it could be ECG?

Use Control Center on Apple Watch

Check your battery, silence your watch, turn on Do Not Disturb, turn your Apple Watch into a flashlight, put your Apple Watch in airplane mode, and more in Control Center on Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

It can’t be tapped

 

[Apple_Robert]

How to Use Announce Messages with Siri on Apple Watch in watchOS 7

watchOS 7 can announce incoming messages using your AirPods. Here is how to use announce messages with Siri in watchOS 7 on Apple Watch Series 5, 4, and 3.

beebom.com

 

[FHoff]

Thank you. I like noise level being on to tell me when there is loud noise in the area.

Except that’s not what the icon is for. There is no CC icon for noise level.

 

[jwolf6589]

Except that’s not what the icon is for. There is no CC icon for noise level.

Okay explain

 

[StumpyBloke]

Okay explain

As already said above, it’s for Siri to announce messages over AirPods etc.

 

[FHoff]

Okay explain

I think I already did. It’s the announce messages icon. Also an article was posted about it by Apple_Robert.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Ah, it looks like it is for Announce Messages. That seems odd, as I wouldn’t think it would be something you would need to toggle on and off frequently. The icons for this and Sound Recognition look way too similar.

 

[jwolf6589]

I think I already did. It’s the announce messages icon. Also an article was posted about it by Apple_Robert.

Whats that feature?

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Whats that feature?

When you're using AirPods, Siri will read your incoming messages to you and give you the option to respond to them.

 

[jwolf6589]

When you're using AirPods, Siri will read your incoming messages to you and give you the option to respond to them.

I did not know this. Thanks..

 

[Fatyank]

The icon for “Announce Messages“ has disappeared from my watch. I have a Series 5TI, OS 7.1. I checked in the control center edit section and its not there either. I do have it in my “control center” on my iPhone 11Pro Max. Did a reset of watch and phone but still no icon on my watch. I do remember it working a few weeks ago. Saw this thread today and realized it wasn’t working. Any ideas how to get it back???