iPhone User Guide

Use Siri with apps on iPhone

You can ask Siri to complete actions in apps to help you perform everyday tasks and shortcuts with your voice. When you turn on Siri Suggestions, you can also get suggested actions in your apps before you ask. When Location Services is turned on, Siri even provides information based on location—like reminding you of something when you leave a specific location.

Use Siri across your apps

Siri: On your iPhone, activate Siri, then see the ideas below for requests you can make.

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Reminders

Add a reminder

Ask Siri to add an ingredient to the groceries list or remind you to do something at a specific time or place. For example, “Add artichokes to my groceries list.” or “Remind me to pack an umbrella when I get home.”

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Clock

Set an alarm or timer

Ask Siri to set alarms and timers. For example, “Set an alarm for 7 a.m.” or “Set the timer for 3 minutes.”

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Calendar

Create or change calendar events

Ask Siri to set up a calendar event. For example, “Set up a meeting with Gordon at 9” or “What’s on my calendar for Friday?”

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Passwords

See your passwords

Ask Siri to view your passwords. For example, “Show me my passwords.”

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Stocks

Get info about stocks

Ask Siri to get information about the stock market. For example, “How are the markets doing?” or “How’s Apple stock today?”

Use Siri to listen to a webpage

You can use Siri to read supported webpages aloud in the Safari app.

Siri: Ask Siri something like, “Read this” or “I want to listen to this page.”

Or without using Siri:

  1. Go to the Safari app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Open the page you want to listen to, tap 👁 the Page Settings button
    ,     then tap Listen to Page.

While listening to a webpage, tap 👁 the Listening Controls button
, then tap 👁 the Pause button
.

To start listening again, tap 👁 the Listening Controls button
, then tap 👁 the Play button
.

Keep track of your health and fitness

You can use Siri to keep track of your health and fitness and log data.

Siri: On supported models, activate Siri, then say something like:

  • “How much did I sleep last night?”

  • “Log my 6AM medications as taken”

  • “Log that my period started today”

  • “How are my Activity Rings?”

  • “What’s my heart rate?”

  • “How far have I walked today?”

Let Siri make suggestions in apps

Siri makes suggestions for what you might want to do next, such as call into a meeting or confirm an appointment, based on your routines and how you use your apps.

For example, Siri might help when you do any of the following:

  • Glance at the Lock Screen or start a search: As Siri learns your routines, you get suggestions for just what you need, at just the right time.

  • Create email and events: When you start adding people to an email or calendar event, Siri suggests the people you included in previous emails or events.

  • Receive calls: If you get an incoming call from an unknown number, Siri lets you know who might be calling—based on phone numbers included in your emails.

  • Type: As you enter text, Siri can suggest names of movies, places, or anything you viewed on iPhone recently. If you tell a friend you’re on your way, Siri can even suggest your estimated arrival time.

  • Confirm an appointment or book a flight on a travel website: Siri asks if you want to add it to your calendar.

To turn off Siri suggestions for an app, see Turn Siri Suggestions on or off.

Run shortcuts with Siri

Apps can offer shortcuts for things you do frequently. You can use Siri to initiate these shortcuts with just your voice. Some apps have Siri Shortcuts set up automatically. You can also create your own.

Tap Add to Siri when you see a suggestion for a shortcut, then follow the onscreen instructions to record a phrase of your choice that performs the shortcut.

To run a shortcut with your voice on your iPhone, activate Siri, then speak your phrase for the shortcut.

You can also use the Shortcuts app to create a new shortcut that uses Siri, or to manage, re-record, and delete existing Siri Shortcuts. See the Shortcuts User Guide.

Based on your routines and how you use your apps, Siri also suggests shortcuts on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, and when you start a search. To turn off shortcut suggestions for an app, see Change Siri settings.

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