How many times have you left your friend waiting outside because you missed the doorbell? Or how often have you unintentionally ignored your cat because you didn't hear its meows? If these scenarios ...

If your iPhone can run iOS 14 or later, you can set up the Sound Recognition feature, which alerts you to critical sounds — like a smoke alarm, doorbell, or crying baby. Even if you didn't hear the ...

Personalized sound recognition allows you to receive notifications when your iPhone hears critical sounds you can't. Here's how to use it in iOS 16. Active noise cancellation is effective, but you ...

New customizations for sound recognition add to Apple's toolkit for deaf and hard of hearing users. Credit: Bob Al Greene / Mashable Apple's sound recognition tool, which allows users to be alerted ...

Sound Recognition might be an accessibility feature in iOS 14, but there are times when it might come in handy for any iPhone user. Find out how to enable and customize this brand-new feature in our ...

In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple has added an accessibility feature called Sound Recognition that enables iPhones and iPads to listen for certain sounds, like a doorbell or a baby crying, and alert the ...

If you have trouble hearing, you might miss the sound of a knock on the door, a barking dog, or even worse — a smoke detector. Or, you might miss someone calling your name when they’re trying to get ...

The addition of Sound Recognition to iOS 14 now allows iPhone users to be alerted to noises they may not be able to hear. Here's how to get the extra notifications for situations you may otherwise ...

iOS 14 brings a range of valuable new features, and some of them are designed as Accessibility options but happen to be useful for just about everyone. Read along for a hands-on look at how to use ...