How Do You Talk To Siri On An Iphone

Speaking to Siri

Siri is your voice-activated personal assistant, able to make phone calls, play music, read your email messages, tell you if it's going to rain, and even book restaurant reservations. In iOS 9, Siri learns a couple of new tricks and sports a new design ①.

**①** Once you've begun a conversation with Siri, you see Siri's response plus a microphone button. You can tap the microphone button to continue the conversation, but the Home button works too. — ① Once you've begun a conversation with Siri, you see Siri's response plus a microphone button. You can tap the microphone button to continue the conversation, but the Home button works too.

Summoning Siri

Hold down the Home button. When you feel two vibrations (iPhone only) or hear a chime and see "What can I help you with?" Siri is listening.
Release the Home button (or gain more control by continuing to hold it down).
Speak ②. Say something like, "Siri, what's it like being you?"

② To activate Siri, press and hold the Home button. You can ask Siri almost anything.
Be quiet (and if you are still holding the Home button, release it).

Setting up Siri

Visit Settings > General > Siri to access Siri settings. If the Siri switch is not on, turn it on.

Other important options are these:

Your spoken language: Tap Language to select the language that you want to speak to Siri with. Generally, you should choose the language you are most fluent in, but this is also a fun way to practice speaking in a foreign language.
Siri's accent: Tap Siri Voice. Depending the selected language, you may see accent options. Tap the accent that you want to hear when Siri speaks.
Siri's gender: Tap Siri Voice and pick male or female.

Voice Feedback: If you're tired of Siri's backtalk, tap Voice Feedback, and then select Control with Ring Switch (or Control with Mute Setting) to disable Siri's voice when Mute is enabled.
Introducing yourself: You can tell Siri, "Take me home," to get directions to your residence, but first, Siri must know who you are. Tap My Info and then pick your contact entry from the list. If you don't have one, make one in the Contacts app.
To check who Siri thinks you are, you can ask "Who am I?

Five Useful Siri Commands

Siri understands dozens of commands. Here are five of the most useful.

Set an alarm: There are several ways to set an alarm. You can say, "Set an alarm for 6 A.M." before bed ③. Or when you lie down for a nap, you can say, "Wake me in 30 minutes." You can also say, "Delete my alarm," to view a list of alarms to delete.

**③** Siri can wake you up in the morning… — ③ Siri can wake you up in the morning…

Set a timer: I use this all the time in the kitchen. Tell Siri to set a timer for however many hours, minutes, or seconds you need ④. For example, "Set a timer for 5 minutes."

**④** …tell you when the cake is done… — ④ …tell you when the cake is done…

Remind me to…: You can tell Siri to remind you of things, like "Remind met to take the trash out Tuesday night," but what I've found even more useful is telling Siri to remind me to do a task when I reach or leave a destination ⑤. For example, "Remind me to change the cat litter when I get home," or "Remind me to pick up diapers when I leave."

**⑤** …and remind you to stop at the drugstore next time you leave home. — ⑤ …and remind you to stop at the drugstore next time you leave home.

Call: Of course you can use Siri to place phone calls, which is especially handy while driving. Just say "Call a contact's name," to initiate a call (if your contact has multiple phone numbers, Siri will ask you which one to call—or you can preempt that step by saying "Call Jane Smith's iPhone."). If you've configured relationships, as explained above, you can instead say, "Call my mom," or "Call my spouse."
Open sesame: Siri can open apps for you. Just say "Open," and then the app name. For example, if I want to see if it's going to rain, I can say, "Open Dark Sky."

Third-party Apps for Siri

Apple doesn't offer all developers a way to integrate their apps with the Siri voice assistant, but a handful of third-party apps are integrated. Here are a few examples:

Fandango: Siri can not only tell you local movie show times, but also help you buy movie tickets ⑥. To purchase tickets, you must install the free Fandango Movies app.

**⑥** Siri can tell you movie show times, and if the Fandango Movies app is installed, you can buy tickets. — ⑥ Siri can tell you movie show times, and if the Fandango Movies app is installed, you can buy tickets.

MLB.com At Bat: Siri can give you baseball schedules and stats, by asking things like, "When is the next Yankees game," and if you have the MLB.com At Bat app installed, you can summon more details.
OpenTable: Siri can help you to book the hottest table in town, but to do so, you must install the free OpenTable app.
WolframAlpha Viewer: Siri can call upon WolframAlpha to answer complex mathematical questions, like "What is the value of pi?" With the free WolframAlpha Viewer app installed, you can see additional detail.
Yahoo Sports: Out of the box, Siri has access to all kinds of fun sports knowledge. You can ask, "When is the next NFL game?" or "Who is taller: Kobe or LeBron?" If the free Yahoo Sports app is installed, you can even tap the Yahoo logo to open the app for more info ⑦.