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This is an excerpt from an article I wrote for a client about Siri's lesser known features!
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With the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs and Apple completely re-invented the mobile phone, ushering in the smartphone revolution we know today.
In 2011 with the iPhone 4s and its iOS 5 operating system Apple also gave us Siri- the intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator that uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions.
Siri is Norwegian for "beautiful woman who leads you to victory" and can be launched by holding down the Home button, or (if you have the 'Raise to Speak' feature enabled in Settings> General> Siri) by raising the phone to your ear, or if you have the Apple Ear Pods or a similar Apple supported headphones connected, by holding down the middle mic button.
Other than the basic stuff such as getting Siri to call someone in your contacts or getting turn by turn directions to your destination, Apple's amazing little assistant has a ton of other less well know and incredibly useful features.
So without further ado here are some of the most useful of Siri's hidden features.
1. Read and search your emails and notes.
Siri can read all your emails by simply saying 'read my emails' or you can get her to read the last email received by saying 'read last email'. And not just the email heading; she will read the entire content of the message. Also at the end of each email she will offer you a chance to dictate a response and then ask whether to send it or not. She can also find your notes by asking her to 'Find my note about (insert subject of note)'. This saves you so much time trawling through your Notes.
2. Set up a Reminder by simply asking Siri to.
Setting up a reminder in the Reminders app is a bit of work in my experience. So much easier to ask Siri to do it for you. For example when I wanted to buy the Sunday paper I just asked Siri to 'Remind me to buy the newspaper on Sunday' and she automatically setup the reminder in the app along with the alarm for 9 AM Sunday morning. Also you can ask Siri to remind you to buy the paper when you reach your Office or when you leave Home as long as you have those locations set up under your name in the contacts. If not Siri will give you the option to do so as well.
3. Get Siri to turn features off and on.
Siri can easily turn off or on Bluetooth, WIFI or Do Not Disturb etc, in the control panel. This is a huge help if your driving or just plain lazy to do it. Or simply want to look cool.
4. Go straight to a specific Settings screen or open an App.
Instead of going through multiple Settings screens to get to, for example, Location Services, simply ask Siri to 'Open Location Services'. So much faster! You can get Siri to open an App the same way.
Full article here. http://scurvyshealthtech.blogspot.com/2014/07/siris-hidden-features.html
This is an excerpt from an article I wrote for a client about Siri's lesser known features!
$120
With the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs and Apple completely re-invented the mobile phone, ushering in the smartphone revolution we know today.
In 2011 with the iPhone 4s and its iOS 5 operating system Apple also gave us Siri- the intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator that uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions.
Siri is Norwegian for "beautiful woman who leads you to victory" and can be launched by holding down the Home button, or (if you have the 'Raise to Speak' feature enabled in Settings> General> Siri) by raising the phone to your ear, or if you have the Apple Ear Pods or a similar Apple supported headphones connected, by holding down the middle mic button.
Other than the basic stuff such as getting Siri to call someone in your contacts or getting turn by turn directions to your destination, Apple's amazing little assistant has a ton of other less well know and incredibly useful features.
So without further ado here are some of the most useful of Siri's hidden features.
1. Read and search your emails and notes.
Siri can read all your emails by simply saying 'read my emails' or you can get her to read the last email received by saying 'read last email'. And not just the email heading; she will read the entire content of the message. Also at the end of each email she will offer you a chance to dictate a response and then ask whether to send it or not. She can also find your notes by asking her to 'Find my note about (insert subject of note)'. This saves you so much time trawling through your Notes.
2. Set up a Reminder by simply asking Siri to.
Setting up a reminder in the Reminders app is a bit of work in my experience. So much easier to ask Siri to do it for you. For example when I wanted to buy the Sunday paper I just asked Siri to 'Remind me to buy the newspaper on Sunday' and she automatically setup the reminder in the app along with the alarm for 9 AM Sunday morning. Also you can ask Siri to remind you to buy the paper when you reach your Office or when you leave Home as long as you have those locations set up under your name in the contacts. If not Siri will give you the option to do so as well.
3. Get Siri to turn features off and on.
Siri can easily turn off or on Bluetooth, WIFI or Do Not Disturb etc, in the control panel. This is a huge help if your driving or just plain lazy to do it. Or simply want to look cool.
4. Go straight to a specific Settings screen or open an App.
Instead of going through multiple Settings screens to get to, for example, Location Services, simply ask Siri to 'Open Location Services'. So much faster! You can get Siri to open an App the same way.
Full article here. http://scurvyshealthtech.blogspot.com/2014/07/siris-hidden-features.html
