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Huawei: Turn Voice Broadcast for Incoming Calls On or Off

If your Huawei phone is connected to a headset and voice broadcast is turned on, an incoming call plays the default ringtone instead of the custom tone you set for that contact. This happens because voice broadcast overrides individual ringtone assignments with a spoken caller announcement. The setting sits in the calling options and is easy to miss when you are troubleshooting missing custom ringtones.

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Voice Broadcast for Incoming Calls auf Huawei

Voice broadcast announces caller information out loud whenever a call comes in. Because it plays through the same audio channel as your ringtone, it takes priority over any custom tone you assigned to a contact, including when a headset is connected.

This is why calls sound identical to every caller once the feature is active: the phone plays the system announcement instead of your chosen ringtone. Turning it off restores individual contact ringtones on both the speaker and a connected headset.

To change the setting, open Phone, tap the menu icon, go to Settings, open Voice control, then activate or deactivate Voice broadcast incoming calls.

Keep the feature enabled if you rely on spoken caller announcements, for example while driving or when the screen is out of reach. Disable it if custom ringtones matter more than hearing the caller name read aloud, especially with headsets where the announcement can be confusing mid-call.

Frequently asked questions

Voice broadcast replaces individual ringtones with a spoken announcement through the active audio output, including a connected headset. Turn off Voice broadcast incoming calls under PhonemenuSettingsVoice control to restore custom ringtones.