Tapping your phone screen to answer a call may not be possible at all times.

If your hands are dirty or wet, touching your screen is not ideal.

The hands-free methods to answer calls are all listed as accessibility options.

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To access them, fire up the controls app and scroll down to the Accessibility options near the bottom.

In the Accessibility options, tap on Answering and ending calls.

The exact options vary by handset model and software state.

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There are a number of ways to answer calls without touching the screen in the accessibility options.

This gives you a way to hang up without touching the screen too.

Each of these options has its up- and downsides.

Voice recognition may not work well in loud environments with lots of background noise.

For example, automatic answering isnt compatible with other options as it always accepts calls.