iOS 18: AirPods won’t auto restart music after announcing a notification

I think I found the issue. I had sound recognition enabled and for some reason it pauses media after an announcement is made or after reading a text message. The bug is still present. To fix it, I had to go to

1. Go to Settings  > Accessibility > Sound Recognition, then turn OFF Sound Recognition.

Once I did that, I would still get the announcement or my texts read but the music would continue playing.

since iOS 18 the problem is current

Apple Please figure this out. It forces me to deactivate notifications over my AirPods Pro 2.

Same issue 18.1 please fix this

I’m having the same problem, and it’s incredibly frustrating. Every time the notification announcement feature is enabled, it interrupts my music playback. The music completely stops, and I have to manually press play to restart it—sometimes as often as every minute.

Because of this issue, I’ve had to disable the notification announcement feature altogether. Unfortunately, this means I often miss important notifications, which is really disappointing.

I hope Apple can address this problem soon because it’s making the user experience far less seamless than it should be. A fix for this would be amazing and bring back the convenience I’m used to with Apple products.

Update:

I’ve found that the issue is resolved if I deactivate the Sound Recognition feature. With this turned off, music playback works seamlessly again, even with notification announcements enabled.

However, it’s disappointing that such a useful feature like Sound Recognition causes this problem. It’s frustrating that I have to choose between having reliable music playback or using Sound Recognition, as both are important functions. I really hope this gets addressed so both features can work together without conflict.

My sound recognition is off but still happening :( so annoying!