Unwanted microphone and Siri quiz boxes on iPhone screen

The box has a place to click that says “resume listening”. It also has a microphone.if you click the two what you say gets written down.



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Original Title: 2 grey shadowy boxes have appeared on my screen .Thecround one says it is a Musuc Quiz from siri but the rectangle, claims to be a microphone that can record conversations it hears. whatis going on? How do i delete this from my phone?

iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Aug 16, 2025 12:18 PM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2025 1:38 PM

It sounds like you have Live Captions turned on your iPhone. You can turn it off by going to Settings > Accessibility > Live Captions.

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Unwanted microphone and Siri quiz boxes on iPhone screen

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