Get Alerts For Nearby Sounds From Your iPhone
People who are deaf or hard of hearing could miss important alerts or sounds, such as someone knocking on their door or a fire alarm. However, even folks who can otherwise hear well might miss these sounds if they’re wearing headphones.
To solve this, Apple created a feature called Sound Recognition, which lets your iPhone listen for these sounds and send you a notification so you won’t miss anything important.
Keep in mind that this feature shouldn’t be relied on for high-risk or emergency situations, as Apple can’t guarantee it will be 100% reliable.
With that said, here’s how you can enable Sound Recognition:
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and tap on Accessibility.
- Scroll down and tap on Sound Recognition.
- Enable Sound Recognition.
- Tap on Sounds.
- Tap on the sound you want to turn on.
- Enable the sound.
- Tap on Alert Tones.
- Select the sound you want your iPhone to make to alert you. You can also use Haptics if you just want a vibration.