How to Change Call Audio Routing on an iPhone

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Last Updated: March 29, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to change how you hear the ring and call audio on incoming phone and FaceTime calls. You can choose to have your call audio sent normally through your phone's speaker, to have your ring and call audio sent to a bluetooth headset, or to have your call audio heard on speakerphone.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone's Settings. The Settings icon is the one with gray cogs on it, and it's usually found on one of your home screens, or under a folder labelled "Utilities."
2
Tap General. It's the icon with a white cog under the third section of menu options.

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3
Tap Accessibility.
4
Scroll to the 4th section of menu options, and tap Call Audio Routing.
5
Tap on a routing preference. The default setting is "Automatic," which routes call audio to your phone's internal speaker, headphones, or to a connected Bluetooth device such as a car stereo or external speaker.
- Bluetooth Headset will first try to route audio from incoming phone and FaceTime calls to a connected Bluetooth device, like a headset or hearing aid. If you have this option enabled but forget to bring your device with you, calls will automatically re-route your iPhone's internal speaker. Once this option is enabled, you won't have to re-enable it when connecting to your Bluetooth device again.^{[1]
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- Speaker will automatically route audio from incoming phone calls and FaceTime calls to your iPhone's loudspeaker, or speakerphone.

Community Q&A

Question

Can you answer the phone for yourself

Community Answer

Yes. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Call Audio Routing (in the "interaction" tab) and change the settings to your liking. It sounds like you need Auto-Answer Calls to be turned off, which is in Call Audio Routing.