Why does Siri require my iPhone to be unlocked first?

If I say Siri or Hey Siri, my two brothers and my best friend’s iPhone all respond simultaneously. And before you ask, I have had every single iPhone since the very first one, I get the new model every single year together with two MacBooks, two Mac mini’s, three iPads, Apple Watch, and eleven HomePods. So yes, I think I can call myself close to an expert. Siri sucks and everyone knows it. Let’s all pray for 2024 Siri revamp.

Ran an update this morning and now siri refused to open maps with the phone locked while using airpods. I had to unlock the phone and while talking to the phone told siri to open maps. The command went thru and maps opened bit it had prompts as if it was being opened for the first time(welcome to maps tips window). While that was going on simultaneously siri’s little bubble circle was at the bottom of the screen and behind that circle were oval circles showing a backlog of a whole bunch of notifications of what siri was saying including the multiple “you need to unlock your iphone” messages. So i promptly went thru every app on my phone and opened them to find any other apps that apparently think they have never been opened before using siri and this seems to have solved the problem.

User1212- wrote:

Try going to

settings

accessibility

and set up voice control

Did you notice that you just responded to a 2 year old post? And that your suggestion has absolutely nothing to do with the original problem?

Go to Settings,

Notifications (allow),

Scroll to Messages,

Scroll down to Show Previews, & set it to ALWAYS

Good Luck! 🍀 I hope this helps!

sad

It doenst work tried it

not working

bhavya178 wrote:

not working

What isn’t working?

sorry I forgot to add 1 step:

Settings

Notifications

Messages

Allow Notifications and scroll down to Show Previews and set it to ALWAYS

Good Luck! I hope this helps!

Try going to

settings

accessibility

and set up voice control