If you don’t know how to activate the sound recognition feature on an iPhone, we are going to help you out in this guide. This is a feature that allows us to recognize sounds by sending notifications directly to our iPhone.
This sound recognition feature allows users to detect sounds similar to those of a siren, a cat, a dog, a doorbell, a crying baby, coughing, etc. The moment the iPhone recognizes one of these sounds it will send a notification automatically.
How to activate the sound recognition feature on an iPhone?
The company warns users to not rely on their iPhone‘s voice recognition feature in environments where they could be harmed or injured, in high-risk or emergency situations, or for navigation. Because this feature is still improving and not 100% correct.
If you want to try this feature out simply follow these steps:
- Enter Settings and then Accessibility
- Search for the option “Sound recognition”
- Activate the feature and click on Sounds.
- Turn on the sounds you want your phone to recognize.
You can activate or deactivate the sound recognition feature easily from the control center after you’ve configured it.
But also note that you will not be able to give commands to Siri when this feature is active.
