Did I hallucinate a feature?

[DavidLeblond]

So back in iOS 17 when I had an iPhone 14 pro, one day I was driving and Siri announced via CarPlay that my wife had sent me a picture "and the picture is of a child standing next to a dog." I remember being kind of surprised because I didn't remember reading about that. It kept happening for several months and then one day, I just got a "Anna sent a photo" message and from then on I didn't get the descriptions any more. Upgrading to iPhone 16 pro and iOS 18, still didn't get it. What gives? Did I hallucinate the feature?

 

[chrfr]

Sometimes I get a description, sometimes I don't. I have no idea when or why it varies.

 

[russell_314]

So back in iOS 17 when I had an iPhone 14 pro, one day I was driving and Siri announced via CarPlay that my wife had sent me a picture "and the picture is of a child standing next to a dog." I remember being kind of surprised because I didn't remember reading about that. It kept happening for several months and then one day, I just got a "Anna sent a photo" message and from then on I didn't get the descriptions any more. Upgrading to iPhone 16 pro and iOS 18, still didn't get it. What gives? Did I hallucinate the feature?

I can see this being announced over the car speakers as a bad thing for some people.

My car doesn’t have CarPlay though. Maybe one day 😂

 

[DavidLeblond]

I can see this being announced over the car speakers as a bad thing for some people.

My car doesn’t have CarPlay though. Maybe one day 😂

If it helps, I'm 90% sure I got it announced over my airpods too...

 

[HouseLannister]

Still there. Still iffy. Sent my wife a photo of my dog wearing bunny ears with an easter backdrop and Siri said "brown and white dog on a wooden floor."

 

[xxFoxtail]

It's a real feature. Like others say, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes I get a photo message in and Siri takes a moment before saying anything, like its trying to figure out what the picture is only to tell me that its just a photo message.

 

[TgeekB]

I think, as they work on these specific features, there will be ups and downs. It shows what they are trying to perfect though and I’m sure it’s not easy.

 

[ignatius345]

If it helps, I'm 90% sure I got it announced over my airpods too...

Yeah, it's called Announce Notifications and it works over AirPods (and CarPlay, apparently, but I turned that off immediately, myself).

I find Announce Notifications gets incredibly annoying if I start getting a ton of texts. You can pause it for the day in Control Center -- or turn it off entirely in Settings.