To send a text messages or call using Siri using your contacts you have to define who you are and who your family and friends are, here are some examples
MAKE A FACETIME CALL USING SIRI
- FaceTime my Dad
- FaceTime (first and last name)
- Call me (Siri will ask Say your name)
- Call my Dad is (Siri will ask Say your Dads name)
- Call my wife is (Siri will ask Say your wife's name)
- Call my husband (Siri will ask Say your husbands name or select it)
- Call My brother (Siri will ask- Say your brothers' name)
- Call my mom (Siri will ask - Say your moms name)
- Call my boss is (Siri will ask - Say your boss's name)
- Call my Nephew (Siri will ask What is your Nephew's name - then say it)
- Call my Niece (Siri will ask What is your Nephew's name - then say it)
- Call My Doctor (Siri will ask - Say your Doctors name)
• Add a reminder fro my mothers birthday (say date)
Find PICTUREs
Show me picture from this week
Show me picture from April 29th
MAKE A FACETImE CALL using Siri
- FaceTime my Mom
- FaceTime (first and last name)
SEND TEXT MESSAGES
- Send a message to Esther
- Send a message to Sean saying ‘Let’s sign the new record deal tonight'
- “Send a message to Kerry on her mobile saying ‘I am running late'”
- “Text my mom and dad saying ‘Let’s have dinner tomorrow evening'”
- “Text Sharon and Becky saying ‘Where are you?'”
- “Send a message to 000-000-0000”
READ TEXT MESSAGES
- Siri, Read my new test messages
- Siri, “Read it again”
REPLY TO TEXT MESSAGES
- Siri, “Reply ‘I love you too'”
- Siri, “Reply ‘I will arrive in 10 minutes'”
- Siri, “Call him on mobile”
VOICE MAIL
- “Check my voice mail”
- “Do I have new voice mail?”
- “Play my last voice mail”
- “Play the last voicemail from Pam”
- “Play voice mail from Kerry”
ASK SIRI TO SEND EMAIL MESSAGES
- “New email to Sean Combs”
- “Email Kerry and Lisa and say ‘I am going out of town this weekend'”
- “Email mom about the trip”
- “Mail Justin about the concert tickets”
ASK SIRI TO CHECK EMAIL MESSAGES
- “Check email”
- “Read my last email”
- “Do I have any new messages?”
- “Any new email from my boss today?”
- “Show the email from Kerry yesterday”
- “Show new mail about the football game”
ASK SIRI TO RESPOND TO EMAIL MESSAGES
- “Reply ‘Hey Kerry, let’s watch Scandal tonight”
- “Call him at work”
ASK SIRI ABOUT MESSAGES
“Read my notifications”
ASK SIRI TO LOCATE FRIENDS AND FAMILY
- “Where is my wife?”
- “Is my wife at home?”
- “Where is my Justin?”
- “Where are all my friends?”
- “Who is near me?”
SIRI PRODUCTIVITY QUESTIONS
See Siri commands related to reminders, manage lists and notes, and set alarms and timers.
SIRI COMMANDS FOR CALENDAR
- “Schedule a meeting with Sean tomorrow at 1 PM”
- “Schedule a conference call with Justin today at 7 PM”
- “Schedule a meeting about the new acquisition at 1 PM”
- “schedule meeting about renovations at 2PM tomorrow in the conference room
- “Set up a meeting at 10 AM”
- “Set up a meeting with Brian at 11 AM”
- “New appointment with Andrew Tuesday at noon”
- “Meet with Kerry at 6”
ASK SIRI TO CHANGE EVENTS
- “Reschedule 7 PM meeting to 9 PM”
- “Reschedule my 10 AM meeting today”
- “Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am”
- “Move my 2pm meeting to 3:30 PM”
- “Add Andrew to 3:30 meeting”
- “Add Alicia to meeting with Andrew”
- “Cancel the new acquisition meeting”
ASK SIRI ABOUT YOUR EVENTS
- “What’s on my calendar today?
- “What’s on my calendar tomorrow?
- “What’s 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 Justin?”
CONTEXTUAL REMINDERS (REMIND ME ABOUT THIS)
Most of Apple’s apps support this feature. For example, you can ask Siri to remind you about a web page you’re looking at in Safari, a specific location in Maps, a text message in Messages, a contact card in Contacts, your last edited document in Apple’s office suite, and more.
- “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”
ASK SIRI TO SET A REMINDER
- “Remind me to check the mailbox”
- “Remember to stop by the bank”
TIME BASED REMINDERS
- “Remind me to call mom at 7 PM”
- “Remind me to walk the dogs at 7am tomorrow”
- “Remind me to leave work at 4 PM”
LOCATION BASED REMINDERS
- “Remind me to water the flowers when I get home”
- “Remind me to stop by the dry cleaners when I leave work”
- “Remember to pick up dry cleaning next Friday”
- “Remind me to call Kerry when I leave”
- “Remind me to call Barry when I get to work”
ASK SIRI TO CREATE AND FIND NOTES
- “Create note: Door pass code is one two three two”
ASK SIRI TO CHECK THE TIME
- “What time is it?”
- “What day is it?”
- “What is today’s date?”
- “What time is it in New York?”
- “What time is it in Belgium?”
- “What’s the date this Friday?”
ASK SIRI TO SET OR CHANGE ALARMS
- “Set an alarm for 7 AM”
- “Wake me up tomorrow at 5 AM”
- “Wake me up on weekdays at 6 AM”
- “Wake me up on weekends at 10 AM”
- “Wake me up in 3 hours”
- “Change my 7 AM alarm to 6:30 AM”
- “Show all alarms”
- “Turn off my 6:30 alarm”
- “Delete my 6:30 alarm”
- “Turn off all alarms”
ASK SIRI TO USE A TIMER
- “Set the timer for 10 minutes”
- “Show the timer”
- “Reset the timer”
- “Stop the timer”
- “Resume the timer”
- “Change timer”
SIRI ON THE GO QUESTIONS
ASK SIRI FOR MAPS AND DIRECTIONS
- “Where am I?”
- “How do I get home?”
- “Directions to home”
- “Directions to my Sean’s home”
- “Take me to my wife”
- “Show my current location”
- “Show me Union Station”
- “Give me public transit directions to the Union Station”
- “Show me directions from Washington DC to Philadelphia Pennsylvania”
- “Are we there yet?”
- “What’s my ETA?”
ASK SIRI ABOUT RESTAURANTS
- “Show me restaurant information for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington”
- “Show me reviews for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington”
- “I need a reservation tonight at Cheesecake Factory tonight”
- “Show me good seafood restaurants near me”
- “Table for four in Washington DC Friday Night”
SIRI QUESTIONS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES
- “Find pizza near me”
- “Find coffee near me”
- “Where’s a good Chinese place around here?”
- “Find Starbucks near me”
- “Good Mexican restaurants near me”
- “What’s the best restaurant in Arlington?”
- “Find a gas station near me”
- “I’m 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?”
- “Where’s a good inexpensive place to eat around here?”
- “Find me a place to eat where I can sit outside”
- “Where’s a good hair salon?”
MATH AND CONVERSIONS
- “What is 71 x 2?”
- “What is 2 to the 8th power?”
- “What is the square root of 144?”
- “What’s an 18% tip on $85?”
- “What is the tip on $220?”
- “How much is $100 in Canadian dollars?”
- “What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius?”
- “How many cups in a liter?”
- “How many ounces in a cup?”
SIRI QUESTIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
APPLE MUSIC SIRI COMMANDS
Here are some Apple Music Siri Commands we have found so far. More to come.
- “Play Born to Run“
- “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 Selma“
- “Play top song from 1999”
- “Play Only by Nicki Minaj”
- “I like this song”
- “Play my Rock and Roll station”
- “I want to hear the live version of this song”
- “Add billy Joel to my library”
- “Get the new Kendrick Lamar album”
- “Buy this song”
- “Add this song to my wish list”
MUSIC CONTROLS
- “Play Jazz music”
- “Play exercise playlist”
- “Play work playlist”
- “Shuffle my Road Trip playlist”
- “Play the album ‘The New Classic'”
- “Play the album ‘The New Classic’ shuffled”
- “Play Alicia Keys”
- “Play ‘Love Never Felt So Good'”
- “Play more songs like this”
- “Pause music”
- “Stop music”
- “Resume music
- “Skip track”
- “Play previous track”
- “What music is playing?”
- “Hey Siri, what song is this?”
- “Play Alicia Keys on iTunes radio”
- SEARCH THE WEB FOR IMAGES
- “Search for images of cats”
