Accessibility Settings: How to Set Your iPhone to Automatically Answer Calls

By Conner Carey updated on 09/24/2018

Did you know that the iPhone allows your phone to automatically answer calls after a certain number of rings? If you’re the type of person who’s always near their cellphone but sometimes takes too long to answer, or if you find the swiping-to-answer motion annoying (like my mom) or difficult to do, then you can turn on this setting. You can find this feature in your Accessibility Settings. Here’s how to set your iPhone to automatically answer calls after a fixed amount of time.

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To set your iPhone to automatically answer after a certain amount of time:

Open the Settings app.
Select General, then Accessibility.
Scroll down to Call Audio Routing.

Tap Auto-Answer Calls.
Toggle it on.

You can choose the duration of time your iPhone will ring before it automatically answers the call by tapping the plus or minus sighs to the right of Seconds.

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Conner Carey

Conner Carey's writing can be found at conpoet.com. She is currently writing a book, creating lots of content, and writing poetry via @conpoet on Instagram. She lives in an RV full-time with her mom, Jan and dog, Jodi as they slow-travel around the country.

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