Use Siri on the iPhone!
What is Siri?
Siri is the intelligent personal assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. It allows you to use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and more. But Siri isn’t like traditional voice recognition software that requires you to remember keywords and speak specific commands. Siri understands your natural speech, and it asks you questions if it needs more information to complete a task.
Accessing Siri on the iPhone
Say: "Hey Siri"
or
Press and Hold the Home Button (iPhones prior to iPhone X)
Press and Hold the Button on the Right Side toward the Top (iPhones X and above)
Using VoiceOver with Siri Commands on the iPhone
Siri will provide a different amount of information in response to many commands depending on whether your have VoiceOver turned on. If you have poor vision and you are not using VoiceOver habitually, you can use a Siri command (see Accessibility category below) to turn it on and off. Have VoiceOver on to get the maximum benefit from Siri. Turn it off if you don't need it, or don't know how to use it, for other tasks.
Yes. VoiceOver, the screen reader built into iOS, can speak any text thats displayed in responses from Siri. You can navigate through the responses and have each one read to you. This includes the days of a weather forecast, the body of an email, the details of an answer from Wolfram|Alpha, and more.
What happens after I ask Siri a question or ask it to do something?
When you finish speaking, Siri displays the text of what you said and provides a response. If Siri needs more information to complete a request, it will ask you a question. For example, if you say Remind me to call my mom, Siri will ask What time would you like me to remind you?
Click a Category Below to Learn All the Things You Can Get Siri to Do On Your iPhone
REFERENCES
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2016/11/16/hidden-siri-features-tips-tricks/
http://www.siriuserguide.com/siri-dictation-guide/
https://youtu.be/XqwWrknKQ_c
Phone Siri can control your iPhone
- "Who was my last phone call from?
- Call Ronald
- Call my brother on iPhone
- Call home
- Call my mother on her work phone
- Call 770 555 2929
- Redial last number
- Call back my last missed call
- Should I call Sean?
- Get my call history
- Call 911 (Do not practice this one of course)
- Check my voice mail
- Do I have new voice mail?
- Play my last voice mail
- Play the last voicemail from Laura
- Play voice mail from Paul
FaceTime Using Siri to make or answer a FaceTime call.
- FaceTime
- FaceTime Danny
- FaceTime audio Cynthia
- FaceTime video Jeanette
- Make a FaceTime call to my granddaughter
Messages Siri can help you do all your Text Messaging.
- Send a Message to my wife
- Read me my last text message
- Read my new messages
- Read me my text messages
- Send a message to Andrea
- Send a message to Bobby saying Let’s meet at the coffee shop after church tonight
- Send a message to Tyler on his mobile saying I am running late
- Text my mom and dad saying: Are you going to Brandy’s birthday party on Sunday?
- Text Karen and Pam saying: Where are you?
- Send a message to 404 555 3838
- Read it again
- Reply I love you too
- Reply I will arrive in 10 minutes
Accessibility Yes, Siri can help with your text messages too.
- Show Accessibility Settings
- Turn on Voice Over
- Turn Off Voice Over
- Turn on Zoom
- Turn Off Zoom
Weather Let Siri be your guide to all things weather related.
- What will the weather be like tomorrow?
- Does it look like rain tomorrow?
- Will I need an umbrella tomorrow?
- What’s the weather like today?
- What’s the temperature outside?
- What’s the weather like for the next hour?
- What’s the forecast for this weekend?
- Is it going to snow next week?
- How’s the weather in Greece right now?
- Will it rain in Birmingham this week?
- Is it hot in Las Angeles right now?
- Check next week’s forecast for Boston
- How humid is it in Virginia Beach right now?
- What’s the high for Portland, Maine on Friday?
- When is sunrise in Paris?
- When is sunset in San Francisco?
- Did the groundhog see its shadow?
- Whats the UV Index outside?
Settings Many of the settings you need to control on the iPhone can be done using Siri.
- Open Siri Settings
- Open Display and Brightness Settings
- Turn Off Wireless
- Open VoiceOver Settings
- Turn Bluetooth Off
- Turn on Do Not Disturb
Calendar Siri helps you keep all of your appointments organized and accessible.
- When is Easter in 2021?
- What day is Christmas on in 2019?
- Schedule a meeting with Walter tomorrow at 1 PM
- Schedule a conference call with Joyce today at 7 PM
- Schedule a meeting called Training with Sue at 1:30 PM on the 19th
- Schedule meeting about electrical repairs at 2PM tomorrow at my house
- Set up a meeting at 10 AM
- Set up a meeting with Wendy Andrews at 11 AM next Thursday
- New appointment with Kelton Tuesday at noon
- Meet with Martin at 6
- Reschedule 7 PM meeting to 9 PM
- Reschedule my 10 AM meeting today
- Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Kleiner to next Monday at 9am
- Move my 2pm meeting to 3:30 PM
- Add Misty to 3:30 meeting
- Add Edward to meeting with Edwina
- Cancel the Bible Study event this coming Friday
- Whats on my calendar today?
- Whats on my calendar tomorrow?
- Whats on my calendar for Friday?
- When is my next meeting?
- Where is my next meeting?
- When is my next appointment?
- When am I meeting with Jordan Smith?
- Schedule a meeting with Senator Baxter tomorrow at 1 PM
- Schedule a conference call with Scott today at 7 PM
- Schedule a meeting about book drive at 1 PM
- Schedule meeting about bathroom renovations at 2PM tomorrow at Midtown Home Depot
- Whats on my calendar for November 1, 2018?
Contacts Let Siri help you communicate with everyone in your Contacts.
- Call me Roy
- My wife is Marilyn Monroe
- My brother is David Hasselhoff
- Katey Perry is my mom
- My boss’ name is Alexis Jones
- My dad is Korey Zigfield
- When is my wife’s birthday?
- Whats Debbie’s address?
- What is my sister’s phone number?
- Who is Katey Perry?
- Show Katey’s home email address
- Show Alexis Jones
- Find people named Jenner
- Where is my wife?
- Is my wife at home?
- Where is my David?
- Where are all my friends?
- Who is near me?
Maps Siri is always there to show you the way.
- Find 1718 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA
- What is Randy Goodson’s address?
- What is Earthfare’s address?
- Call Home Depot on Tilly Mill Rd
- Where is my son?
- Is my husband at home?
- Where is my friend Donald?
- Where are all my friends?
- Who is near me?
- Where am I?
- How do I get home?
- Show me directions to my house
- Directions to Ronald Smith home
- Take me to my cousin work
- Show my current location
- Show me where the Atlanta Amtrak Station is
- Give me public transit directions to the Amtrak Station
- Show me directions from Atlanta, GA to Birmingham, AL
- Are we there yet?
- Whats my ETA?
Ride Sharing Uber is faster and easier to arrange when you ask Siri to help.
- I need an Uber to 1718 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA
- Get an Uber to Carrie Baker Home
Controlling/Opening Apps Why look through screens of apps when you can get Siri to open the one you need.
- Open Mail
- Open Calculator
- Open Phone
- Open VoiceNotes
- Open the Documents folder
Humor Even electronic assistants need to have a laugh sometimes.
- WHY DID APPLE MAKE YOU?
- WHAT DOES SIRI MEAN?
- WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
- DO YOU EAT?
- ARE YOU A MAN OR A WOMAN?
- HOW MUCH DO YOU COST?
- DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?
- DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?
- DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
- HOW OLD ARE YOU?
- WHATS YOUR FAVORITE APP?
- HOW MUCH DO YOU EARN?
- DO YOU SMOKE?
- CAN YOU DANCE?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER WORK TODAY?
- SIRI, DO YOU SLEEP?
- WHATS YOUR Favorite COLOR?
- DO YOU HAVE BROTHERS OR SISTERS?
- SIRI, IM DRUNK
- WILL YOU MARRY ME?
- WHERE TO BUY DRUGS?
- WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
- SIRI, I NEED TO HIDE A BODY
- HOW TO MAKE AN ATOMIC BOMB?
- WHY ARE FIRE TRUCKS RED?
- WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
- WHEN WILL PIGS FLY?
- WHEN WILL THE WORLD END?
- HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK…?
- CAN YOU LEND ME SOME MONEY?
- WHATS THE BEST COMPUTER?
- WHATS THE BEST CELL PHONE?
- WHICH IS BETTER IPHONE 8 OR IPHONE X?
- WHATS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
- DO YOU THINK I’M PRETTY?
- OK, GOOGLE!
- HI, CORTANA!
- OKAY, GLASS
- CAN I CALL YOU BOB?
- CAN I CHANGE YOUR NAME?
- MAKE ME A SANDWICH
- SING ME A SONG
- TELL A JOKE
- SING ME A LULLABY
- TALK DIRTY TO ME!
- DO YOU WANT TO PLAY A GAME?
- YOU ARE BORING!
- SIRI, YOURE STUPID
- SIRI, GO AWAY!
- DO YOU LOVE MY NEW HAIRCUT?
- WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?
- CAN I KISS YOU?
- I LOVE YOU, SIRI
Clock Siri is there to help you stay on time.
- Delete All Alarms
- Turn off all alarms
- What time is it?
- What day is it?
- What is todays date?
- What time is it in Detroit?
- What time is it in London?
- Whats the date this Friday?
- Set an alarm for 5:30 AM
- Wake me up tomorrow at 6 AM
- Wake me up on weekdays at 5:30 AM
- Wake me up on weekends at 11 AM
- Wake me up in 3 hours
- Change my 7:30 AM alarm to 8:30 AM
- Show all alarms
- Turn off my 8:30 alarm
- Delete my 6:00 alarm
- Set the timer for 10 minutes
- Show the timer
- Reset the timer
- Stop the timer
- Resume the timer
- Change timer
Webpages, Web Search and General Info Some people think that Siri is just there for asking General Info, but it is quite handy at dealing with the Web in overall.
- Load the webpage suebernardo.com
- Search Google for .. and then whatever you want
- How late is Office Depot open?
- Show me restaurant information for Longhorn Steak in Tucker, GA
- Show me reviews for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington
- I need a reservation tonight at Cheesecake Factory tonight
- Table for four in Atlanta, GA Friday Night
- Find pizza near me
- Show me good Chinese restaurants near me
- Find Starbucks near me
- Good Thai restaurants near me
- Whats the best restaurant in Arlington?
- Find a gas station near me
- Im running low on gas
- Show me the closest hospital
- I need a good plumber
- Show ATMs near me
- Is there a pharmacy near me?
- I need some aspirin
- Show me the nearest WiFi hotspots
- Find a happy hour nearby
- What time does Burger King close?
- Wheres a good inexpensive place to eat around here?
- Find me a place to eat where I can sit outside
- Wheres a good hair salon?
- Search the web for best Windows tablets
- Search for baked chicken recipes
- Search the web for best smartphones
- Search for news about the November Elections
- Search Google for Siri commands
- Search Google for top jazz albums
- Google upcoming tablets
- Search Wikipedia for Siri
- Search Bing for upcoming movies
- Bing upcoming smartphones
- Search Twitter for Tech Ranker
- Search Yahoo for whats happening in China
- Whats the definition of democratic?
- Show me the Orion constellation
- How do you spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
- Search the Web for Images
- Search for images of dogs
- Search for images of Washington DC
- Search for images of Microsoft Surface
- Search [Google/Bing/Yahoo] for [specialized information] [time] [place]
Wolfram|Alpha (English only) This is where Siri gets a lot of those facts that you ask for.
- How many calories are in a hot dog?
- How many calories in a milk shake from Wendys
- Whats the price of gasoline in Detroit, MI?
- How tall is Mel B.?
- When was Martin Luther King born?
- How far away is the Moon?
- Whats the population of Sweden?
- How many days until Thanksgiving?
- What are the properties of the color Magenta?
- What is the nutritional information for a bowl of Cheerios?
- Earthquakes, California, 1990
- How many degrees are in 3 radians?
- What is the wavelength of 500MHz?
- What is the molecular structure of helium?
- What notes are in a B minor chord?
- When is daylight saving time?
- How high is Mount Rainier?
- What is the molecular weight of caffeine?
- Roll a Random Number
- What is the scientific name of an Owl Parrot?
- What does the phrase I want to go home. look like in Braille?
- What is the local time in Aukland, NZ?
- What is the probability of a full house?
- Who shot the sheriff?
- Wolfram pound sign 2 9 A B 8 7 (for Jungle Green)
Math Of course a digital assistant like Siri can do math problems.
- How many cups are in 4 gallons?
- How many miles in 9 kilometers
- How many meters are in a yard?
- How much is a 20% tip on a $35.76 bill?
- How many days until April 10th?
- How many days between July 6th and October 15th?
- Flip a coin or roll a dice
- What is 71 x 2?
- What is 2 to the 8th power?
- What is the square root of 144?
- How much is $100 in Canadian dollars?
- What is 93 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius?
- How many cups in a liter?
- How many ounces in a cup?
- What is Zero divided by Zero?
Wikipedia Search Siri can look things up in the encyclopedia for you, but in this case it is specifically Wikipedia that it searches.
- Search Wikipedia for Manx Cat
- Search Wikipedia for Bonnie and Clyde
- Search Wikipedia for Isaac Bonga
Sports Siri keeps track of everything sport and gives you info on demand.
- Did the Braves win?
- How did the Atlanta Hawk do last night?
- What was the score the last time the Oriels played the Braves?
- When do the Falcons play next?
- What basket ball games are on today?
- What channel is the Braves game on?
- Whose the best team in Hockey?
- Get me College basketball rankings
- Show me the roster for the Atlanta Falcons
- Who is pitching for the Marlins this season?
- Get Peyton Manning’s Info
- When will the Falcons play the Cowboys next?
- Who is the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints?
- Is Virgil Green injured?
- Show me football scores from Sunday
- Show me NFL standings
- When do the Denver Broncos play next?
- Show me the Atlanta Falcons season schedule
- Which NFL team has the most yards?
- Show me the roster of the Chicago Hawks
- Show me career statistics for Jeremy Cash
- When does the NBA season start?
- Is there an NBA game today?
- How many regular-season games does each NBA team play?
- Did the Braves win?
- When is the next Braves home game
- Who won the Super Bowl in 1980?
- Who had the most touchdowns in the NFL in 1996?
- Who will win the Braves game?
Reminders .
- Remind me to call my husband when I get to Publix
- Remind me to call my sister every Sunday
- Remind me to take the trash every Monday evening
- Remind me to give the dog her heart worm medicine on the 20th of every month
- Show me directions to this contact when I’m in Norcross
- Remind me about webpage this at 4:30 next Friday
- Remind me about this
- Remind me about this in an hour
- Remind me about this when I get home
- Remind me about this when I get to the car
- Remind me about this email Friday at noon
- Remind me about this place when I get in the car
- Remind me to check the mailbox when I get home
- Remember to stop by the bank at noon
- Remind me to call Aaron at 7 PM
- Remind me to walk the dogs at 7am tomorrow
- Remind me to leave work at 4 PM
- Remind me to water the flowers when I get home
- Remind me to stop by Home Depot when I leave work
- Remember to pick up eggs for breakfast next Saturday
- Remind me to call Francis when I leave
- Remind me to call Herman when I get to work
Email .
- New email to Molly Anderson
- Email Anna and David and say I am going out of town all next week
- Email mom about the sales at Costco
- Mail Tonya about the baseball tickets
- Check email
- Read my last email
- Any new email from my lawyer today?
- Show the email from Dexter yesterday
- Show new mail about the movie Friday
- Reply Hey Eddie, lets watch The Big Bang Theory tonight
- New email to Elsa Aiken
- Find all emails by Bank of America
Notes .
- Find my note about Groceries
- Create note: blue combination lock is 25 - 30 - 2
- Note that I spent $18 on dinner
- Create a to do list note
- Find my to do list note
- Add Mow the front yard to my to do list note
Stocks .
- How is the stock market doing today?
- What is the Dow at?
- Where is the Nasdaq at today?
- Show me the stock information for Whole Foods
- What is Go Daddy’s stock price?
- Compare AAPL and the Dow Jones
- What did Bank of America close at today?
- How is the WAL doing?
- What is Apple’s PE ratio?
Entertainment and Music .
- Play Country playlist
- Play Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
- Play American Pie
- Play the number one song right now
- Play the top rock songs now
- Shuffle the top 10 hip-hop songs
- Play the most popular song from June 2014
- Play the song from Taylor Swift
- Play top song from 1999
- I like this song
- Play my Rock and Roll station
- I want to hear the live version of this song
- Add Taylor Swift to my library
- Get the new Bruno Mars album
- Buy this song
- Add this song to my wish list
- Play Jazz music
- Play work playlist
- Shuffle my Road Trip playlist
- Play the album Super Bass
- Play the album Super Bass shuffled
- Play Nicki Minaj
- Play more songs like this
- Pause music
- Stop music
- Resume music
- Skip track
- Play previous track
- What song is this?
- Play Alicia Keys on iTunes radio
- Show me funny TV shows
- What movies are coming out this weekend?
- What movies are playing near me?
- Find some movie theaters near me
- Find movie theaters in Canton, GA
- Can you recommend a movie?
- What are the best movies playing right now?
- What R-Rated movies are playing?
- What are some PG movies playing this today?
- What action movies are playing
- What’s the the movie Crazy Rich Asians about?
- Show me reviews of the movie Th eHouse with a Clock in Its Walls
- Show me ratings for A Simple Favor
- Play the trailer for The Predator
- Who directed Crazy Rich Asians?
- When was the movie Forrest Gump released?
- Who starred in the movie Top Gun?
- What movie won best picture in 1993?
- How many movies has Oprah Winfrey been in?
- Buy season two of Big Bang Theory
- Buy the latest season of Better Call Saul
- Who was in the cast of the movie, Animal House
- Show me all the movies Sam Elliot was in
Social Media .
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