So Apple is saying it will only work with particular headphones and CarPlay now? And would only work just when the message comes in and gets automatically read at that point (since that seems to be how that announce feature works)?
Yeah, that came from Apple Support on Twitter. I ride a motorcycle all day and that feature is now gone to me too. Really short sighted of them.
With the ability to control whether or not it's all accessible when the device is locked, it doesn't seem to make sense to limit things short of it being a bug or something that basically comes off not consumer friendly (in particular since it has been offered all along).
Glad to help. I tried everything else short of a complete reset, and just got lucky.Dayyyyyuuummm. That works. You’re a star. Thank you so much for posting this. It’s ridiculous we have to jump through hoops like this, but hey, I’ll take this over it not working at all. Thanks again.
Just to add, as @mil437 says above I had to ask it to read my NEW message rather than LAST message. It still didn’t work using the word last.
Making a call or sending a message should work like before with the device locked. Accessing some data like messages with the device locked seems to be different in iOS 14, but making calls or composing and sending a message doesn't appear to be.
Wow, such a small change creates such a large problem. Thank you thank you for posting this solution. Works brilliantly!!
This here seems to be the solution. However, the potential downside is that text previews will be viewable on the phone even when unlocked.
I am having the a similar issue and asking to read the last message does not work in all situations and is not really a fix. My sister sent me a really long message and while Siri was reading the average length messages fine through my AirPods pros, Siri said I would need to unlock my phone to read the longer message. Im paraphrasing somewhat. Siri actually said I received a message and said it was longer than she can read with out me asking, and if asking I would need to unlock my phone first. This is a pain while riding a bike. So much for hands free.
The key is asking for “new” messages, not “last” message. I tried it with a message that was longer than the preview box and it still worked fine for me. Not sure how long your message was, but it is possible that there is a size limit. You also might want to test it without the AirPods.
I'm going to try this as it is INFURIATING when it just stops working... it is freaking annoying as on one trip or part of trip it will work and then it just will start saying "you'll have to unlock your iPhone first" after I've already used the hey siri successfully a bunch of times throughout the day.
It worked for a while and quit. @mil437 had the solution for me. Asking for new messages was the key. I was asking for recent messages and that quit working.
Not sure if this is necessary. I just tested on iOS 15.1 and without changing the notification settings I asked Siri to "read my LAST text message" and it worked while the phone was locked. I do have Siri enabled when locked.
Are you running a beta of iOS? My iPhone 13 only has iOS 15.0.2 available? In iOS 14 on my 1st gen iPhoneSE this was an annoying issue as it used to work in earlier iOS versions. With the increase in security settings in later iOS versions, getting text messages read out by Siri stopped. I changed the settings I detailed here & it worked again. I'm aware I'm on iOS 15 commenting on an iOS 14 forum though. But perhaps the security options are the same.
Yes, I checked available updates and still only see 15.0.1 on my 13 Mini. And still cannot get messages read to me unless I either have it set to show previews, or have get the phone unlocked (which doesn't happen when it's in my pocket).
