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Carmur62
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Texts being read aloud through phone speaker

My phone reading started reading my text messages aloud through phone speaker, even when the phone is inactive. The phone is not connected to CarPlay or headphones. Just through the speakers. This started happening after the recent update.


I want it to read the text messages in my car and through the headphones, but not the speaker!

Posted on Oct 21, 2026 11:04 AM

2 replies

WheelieNick
User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)

Oct 21, 2026 11:07 AM in response to Carmur62

Hi there


Please try this


  1. Open Settings on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Apple Intelligence & Siri (or Siri & Search on older iOS versions).
  3. Tap Announce Notifications.
  4. Turn off Announce Notifications globally, or tap Messages under the app list and disable it for the phone speaker while keeping it enabled for CarPlay and headphones.
  5. Scroll down to Announce When Connected To and select CarPath / Headphones so it only plays on those specific devices


Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256380378