
Find restaurants and make reservations.Play songs that are similar to the one you're listening to.Find chart-toppers from certain years."Play some music" to begin a custom Apple Music radio station.Basic controls: Play, pause/stop, skip/next, play previous song.Find out what song is playing in the room (through Shazam).Live?" or "What are some movies playing near me?" or "Is playing near me?" Ex.: "What basketball games are on today?" or "Get me college football rankings" or "Show me the roster for the Red Wings." Ex.: "Did the Tigers win?" or "What was the score the last time the Tigers played the Yankees?" or "How did the Tigers do last night?" Ex.: "Show all PowerPoint presentations in my school folder." (Mac specific) Ex.: "Get the Twitter app," or "Search the App Store for word games." Ex.: "Where is Ron?" or "Who is near me?" Find your friends (if you have "Find My Friends" set up).Ex.: "Find my note about ," or "Find emails about. Ex.: "What's Kylie Jenner saying," "Search Twitter for ," or "What's trending on Twitter?" Ex.: "Show me photos from last week," or "Show me my selfies," or "Show me photos from Tokyo."
Find out what time it is in another city. Ex.: "How many days until October 6?" or "How many days between April 3 and June 16?" Check the number of days between dates. "Delete all alarms" or "Turn off all alarms." Ex.: "Set an alarm for 1 a.m." or "Set an alarm for six hours from now." Ex.: "When is Easter?" or "When is Labor Day?" Find out the date and day of the week of holidays. Ex.: "Remind me to remember my keys when I leave," or "Remind me to feed the dog when I get home." Ex.: "Schedule a meeting with tomorrow at 11:30 a.m." or "Cancel my 5 p.m. USING MAC FOR SIRI VOICE CONTROL FREE
"How much free space to I have?" (Mac specific). Ex.: "Adjust volume to 80 percent," or "Turn the volume up/down." Ex.: "My mom is Sandy Jacobsson," or "Timmy Jacobsson is my brother." Once a relationship is established, you can say relationships instead of names (e.g., "Call my brother," instead of "Call Timmy Jacobsson"). Ex.: "What is 234 divided by 6?" or "What is the square root of 16?" Ex.: "How many cups are in a quart?" or "How many dollars are in a Euro?" or "How many pounds are in a stone?" Ex.: "What's Apple's stock price?" or "Where's the NASDAQ today?" Ex.: "What's the weather like today?" or "Do I need an umbrella?" Ex.: "Read my new messages," or "Check email." Hear your messages or emails read aloud. Ex.: "Tell I am on my way," or "Tell I am going to the store." Ex.: "Do I have any new voice mail?" or "Play the voice mail from Mom." Ex.: "Call 911," or "Call the fire department." On a Mac, you can create a dedicated keyboard shortcut to bring up Siri, use a trick to enable "Hey Siri," or click on the Siri icon in the menu bar to issue a command or ask a question. Those who own an iPhone 6S or newer, "Hey, Siri" works regardless if the phone is plugged in. If you have Hey Siri enabled and an iPhone 6 or earlier, say "Hey, Siri" when your iPhone is plugged in and charging, followed by a command or question. If you're using Apple's AirPods, double-tap on either 'pod to activate Siri and issue her a command or ask her a question.
If you're using Apple's Earpods, press and hold the center button to activate Siri and issue her a command or ask her a question. iPhone X users will need to hold in the side button Press and hold the home button to activate Siri and issue her a command or ask her a question. There are a few ways to get Siri's attention. Keep in mind, some of the commands will work on a Mac, while some fall flat. So here's our unofficial guide to Siri commands and questions. Apple hasn't published a complete list of Siri commands, though you can find a fairly comprehensive guide to Siri's abilities inside Siri herself (open up Siri and say "Help" to see what she can do).