Do you sometimes miss the doorbell, or a knock at the door, because you’re wearing headphones?

Not everyone knows this but there’s abuilt-in feature for recognizing soundsin the iPhone parameters.

If the stakes are lower than that, though, it might keep you from missing something.

Three screenshots showing how to navigate to Sound Recognition in the System Settings and a bit of the list of supported sounds.

To get started openSystem Settingsand head toAccessibility>Sound Recognition.

Turn the feature on.

From here you could toggle which sounds you want the phone to passively listen for.

Three screenshots showing how to find the Sound Recognition section in Apple Shortcuts. There’s a shortcut that says “The tap is running you fool” every time the iPhone hears running water.

it’s possible for you to also train your phone to recognize your specific appliances and alarms.

As I mentioned before, you’ve got the option to also use this feature to triggerApple Shortcuts.

The only limit here is the shortcut you manage to build.

To get started open theShortcutsapplication on your phone and open theAutomationstab.

Scroll down to near the bottom and you’ll seeSound Recognition.

it’s possible for you to choose which sound triggers the automation and which shortcut you want to run.

Use this new power wisely.