You can have iPad continuously listen for your name and notify you when it’s detected. You can also record how you or someone else says your name to help iPad recognize it.
If you go by more than one name, iPad can recognize multiple names. And to quickly turn Name Recognition on or off, you can add it to Control Center.
Here’s how to have iPad notify you when your name is called.
Note: Name Recognition is available on iPadOS 26 and later. Name Recognition is only available in select languages. Don’t rely on your iPad to recognize your name in circumstances where you may be harmed or injured or in high-risk or emergency situations.
Set up Name Recognition
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Accessibility, tap Sound & Name Recognition, tap Name Recognition, and then tap Set Up Name Recognition.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
Add more than one name to Name Recognition
If you identify yourself by more than one name, you can have iPad recognize multiple names.
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Accessibility, tap Sound & Name Recognition and tap Name Recognition. Then tap Add Name.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
Quick tip: To turn Name Recognition on or off quickly, add it to Control Center.
