# Audio not playing automatically on review

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 17, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387 "2022-03-17T09:14:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jtwillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c4cdca/32.png) [@jtwillis](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/jtwillis)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387/1 "2022-03-17T09:14:54Z")

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I’ve just installed Anki on my new iPhone. Unlike on my old phone, when I review a card, the audio does not play automatically. I need to press the play icon on the card to hear it. Is this a bug, or feature?

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387/2 "2022-03-17T13:37:00Z")

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Please see [Is there any way to enable auto-pronunciation in AnkiMobile? - #2 by dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/is-there-any-way-to-enable-auto-pronunciation-in-ankimobile/18386/2)

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**Author:** ![BlackBeans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/blackbeans/32/2283_2.png) [@BlackBeans](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BlackBeans)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387/3 "2022-03-17T17:08:21Z")

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Maybe there should be a notification or something like that: the first time an audio content is not automatically played because the phone is in mute / vibrate mode, you could have a little pop-up explaining that a sound should have been played, but it has not because […], and this behavior can be changed in the settings.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387/4 "2022-03-21T05:10:31Z")

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The muting is handled by iOS, and I don’t think Apple expose a public interface to check the status of the mute switch, so it would likely require resorting to hacks to try and determine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-not-playing-automatically-on-review/18387/5 "2023-05-01T07:49:48Z")

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Closed on May 1, 2023, 7:49am UTC