Who invented this amazing piece of invention: Apple, AirPods. They allow you to listen to music, take calls, and speak to Siri without touching your phone at all. But we all know that the notifications while using the AirPods can get really annoying at times. We’ve all been there, one minute you’re jamming out to your favorite song, or your latest podcast, and the next Siri is trying to read a long text message or app notification. That would really kill the mood, no?
Don’t worry! If you wish they would not continue, mute such notifications, relax, and chill with your AirPods. Here are the best methods to quickly disable notifications on AirPods as shown in this guide. These tricks will apply no matter whether your wireless earbuds are AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, or even just AirPods.
Best guess: Update your AirPods’ firmware.
Understanding why notifications interrupt your AirPods is a good first step. This feature is referred to by Apple as “Announce Notifications” or “Announce Messages with Siri.” If you are using an iPhone or iPad that is paired with your AirPods, (this is what you may use to listen to music as Siri is supposed to read out messages and alerts and notifications from apps back to you with your AirPods paired to it) by default the automatic setting takes effect:
It can be a useful feature, but not everyone is a fan. For some, this can serve as a distraction — especially if notifications disrupt music, movies, or phone calls. If you are, read on for what to do to make sure these notifications keep stopping.
How to Disable Notifications from AirPods
Now, let’s cut off Siri to stop reading notifications.
Open Settings on Your iPhone
- First, unlock your iPhone and go to the settings app.
- If you press it, it will take you to the settings screen.
Go to Notifications
- Scroll down — you should see an option for Notifications in the Settings app.
- Next, tap Notifications to see all of the notification settings on your iPhone.
Find Announce Notifications
- Hidden away inside the Notifications menu itself is one for Announce Notifications.
- Press it and it opens the announcement page
Disable Announce Notifications
- You should now find a toggle switch alongside Announce Notifications under the Announce Notifications settings.
- Says green means the feature is UNLOCKED. Press the switch OFF.
- When this feature is turned off, the toggle is dimmed.
- It will stop reading out notifications while you are using your AirPods.
You can check out this comprehensive guide on how to control and turn off notifications on AirPods for more detailed instructions
How to Disable Notifications for Some Apps on AirPods
Or pick and choose which apps can send you notifications about your AirPods, if you prefer not to silence notification sounds from all apps. For example, you want Siri to read your messages, but not the notifications from social media. Here’s how you can do that:
- First, navigate to Settings > Notifications.
- Tap Announce Notifications.
- Scroll down and you’ll see a list of apps under “Announce Notifications From.”
- Search for the app you wish to customize (Messages, WhatsApp Instagram, etc.
- Wait for the app to show up and turn OFF Announce Notifications (it’s a toggle button only)
- This will stop Siri from reading notifications for that app, and you can leave the rest of your notifications switched on.
Disable Announce Messages with Siri
On iPhone, if you want Siri to stop reading your messages, but still have other notifications, you can do this too. Here’s how:
- Open Settings on your iPhone.
- Scroll down, then tap Siri & Search.
- Look for an option that says something similar to Announce Notifications or Announce Messages.
- Disable Announce Messages with Siri by toggling the switch off.
- That disables Siri from reading text messages but leaves everything else alone.
What If You’d Like to Continue Announcing but Make It Mute?
Sometimes, it’s not that the notifications themselves are too loud, it’s that there seem like too many of them. If this is your issue, you can change Siri’s announcement volume. Here’s how:
- As you slide your AirPods in, hit play on some media.
- While Siri is reading a message or a notification, tell it: “Turn down the volume.”
- Manually changing it can also be done by pressing the volume-down button on your iPhone.
Siri announcements can get annoying a lot of the time, but this just limits them without negating the feature altogether.
Conclusion:
AirPods are dope, but they get interrupted quickly by notifications, which can be annoying. With these triggers, you can simply disable notifications, put on your AirPods, and play the music, movie, or podcast of your choice without a distraction.
To recap:
- Turn off Announce Notifications in the Settings app.
- If you can turn off notifications in some apps, set up app-specific notifications only.
- To prevent Siri from reading text messages, for instance, disable Announce Messages.
Together with other settings, these give you total control over what you hear with your AirPods. Recommencing your favourite audio without interruption there comes a time!
If that’s the case and you eventually change your mind, turning notifications back on is just as simple — just reverse those same steps.
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