How to stop your phone announcing who is calling
If your phone says the caller’s name out loud, or Siri reads your messages in your AirPods, a call announcement feature is on. It is handy when driving or wearing headphones and annoying in a quiet room. Each phone maker calls it something different.
Here is where to find it on iPhone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel, according to Apple’s, Samsung’s and Google’s own help pages.
iPhone: Announce Calls
Go to Settings, Siri (called Apple Intelligence and Siri on some models), Announce Calls, and choose an option. When it is on, Siri identifies the caller and asks whether you want to answer; you can say yes or no. Pick the option that matches when you want it, for example only with headphones, or switch announcements off altogether.
iPhone and AirPods: Announce Notifications
Reading messages aloud is a separate setting. Open Settings, Siri, Announce Notifications (on some iOS versions it sits under Settings, Notifications) and turn it off, or turn it off for single apps only. If you added Announce Notifications to Control Center, you can toggle it there. To stop a run of announcements right now, take out one earbud.
Samsung Galaxy: Read caller names aloud
Open the Phone app, tap More options (the three dots), then Settings, Answering and ending calls, Read caller names aloud. Turn the switch at the top off, or keep it on and choose Over Bluetooth and headphones only instead of Always.
Google Pixel: Caller ID announcement
In the Google Phone app, tap More options, Settings, Caller ID announcement, Announce caller ID, and choose Never. Only when using a headset is the middle option if you still want it in earbuds.
Want a name you choose?
If you like hearing who is calling but not the robotic voice, a name ringtone is the alternative: a short audio file that says the caller’s name in a voice you pick, set as that contact’s ringtone. Our name ringtone guide shows how to make one.