Monday, September 30, 2013

List of Commands for Siri

I’ve had lots of people ask about what exactly Siri can do. There’s quite a bit that the computer AI we call Siri can do, but here’s a list of known commands and questions Siri can handle.

If you know of any more, please drop them in the comments section!

Phone

  • Call (name)
  • Call (name) home
  • Call (name) on his work phone
  • Call (number)
  • Call home
  • Call 911
  • Get my call history

Facetime

  • Facetime (name)
  • Make Facetime audio call

App Launching

  • Launch photos
  • Play Infinity Blade II
  • Open Facebook
  • Post a Tweet

Messaging

  • Tell (name) I’ll be right there
  • Send a message to (name)
  • Send a message t0 (name) saying ‘How about tomorrow?’
  • Send message to (number)
  • Text (name) and (name), ‘where are you?’
  • Tell my wife I’m on my way home

Calendar

  • Set up a meeting at (time)
  • Set up a meeting with (name) at (time)
  • Meet with (name) at (time)
  • Set up a meeting about (description & time)
  • Move 3pm meeting to 4:30
  • Reschedule appointment with (name) to (date)
  • What does the rest of my day look like?
  • What’s on my calendar?
  • Cancel (event)
  • When is my next appointment?

Sports

  • Did (team name) win?
  • How did (team name) do last night?
  • What was the score last time (team name) played (team name)?
  • Show me the football scores from last night
  • When do (team name) play next?
  • What does the Premier League table look like?
  • Who is the highest goal scorer in the Premier League?

Navigation

  • Navigate to (destination)
  • Navigate home
  • Navigate to work
  • Walking directions to (destination)
  • What’s my next turn?
  • Are we there yet?
  • What’s my ETA?
  • Find (place)
  • Show me (place)
  • Where is the closest (store)?

Twitter

  • Tweet (whatever you would like to tweet)
  • Tweet (whatever you would like to tweet) with my location
  • Search Twitter for (your search terms)
  • Show me my tweets
  • What’s trending on Twitter?

Facebook

  • Post to Facebook (whatever you would like to post)

Movies

  • Where is my closest cinema?
  • What’s playing at my closest cinema?
  • Show me reviews for (film)

Music

  • Play (name of song)
  • Play (artist)
  • Play (album)
  • Play (playlist
  • Play
  • Pause
  • Skip
  • Play iTunes Radio
  • Play more songs like this one
  • Don’t play this song again

Reminders

  • Add (whatever you want) to (name of list)
  • Remind me to call (name) at (time)
  • Remind me to take my medication at (time)
  • Read my to-do list
  • Remind me to call (name) when I get (destination)

Email

  • Email (name) about (whatever you like)
  • New email to (name)
  • Check email
  • Any new emails from (name)
  • Reply to (name)

Weather

  • What’s the weather for today?
  • What’s the weather for tomorrow?
  • How’s the weather in (place)?
  • What’s the weather for this evening?
  • Is it windy?
  • When is sunrise/sunset?

Clock

  • Wake me up at (time)
  • Set an alarm for (time)
  • Turn off alarm
  • Delete alarm
  • What time is it in (place)
  • What is today’s date?
  • What’s the date this Saturday?

Timer

  • Set time for five minutes
  • Set a timer for (amount of time)
  • Show timer
  • Pause timer
  • Resume timer

Contacts

  • What’s (name) address?
  • What is (name) number?
  • When is my wife’s birthday?
  • Show (name)
  • My mum is (name)
  • My brother is (name)
  • Call mum

Find Friends

  • Where is (Find Friends contact)
  • Is my wife at home?

Notes

  • Note (whatever you’d like to note)
  • Find meeting notes
  • Show my notes from last week
  • Read my last note

Settings

  • Turn on airplane mode
  • Turn on bluetooth
  • Make screen brighter
  • Go to Twitter settings
  • Show me privacy settings
  • Enable Wi-Fi
  • Turn on Do Not Disturb
  • Open mail settings (or Bluetooth, Wireless, iCloud, and a lot of other settings on the device)

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