Comments on: 7 Genuinely Useful Things To Do with Siri

By: Rishi

Rishi — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:59:04 +0000

I have an iPad 4th gen.when ever I ask Siri to search places near me it says”cannot find locations in india”.please show me a way out

By: Archie

Archie — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:35:43 +0000

OmniFocus works perfectly for this. The first time I pulled into my driveway and had my phone flash, “Don’t forget to put up the storm windows.” I was sold…

By: Luke Brunning

Luke Brunning — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:44:57 +0000

‘Set four minute timer’ is much easier for timing my coffee brew in a morning than having to set it manually. Conversions are handy too ‘Convert gas mark 4 to centigrade’. ‘What date is next Friday’, ‘What day is 18th of August’, there’s all sorts of simple things you can ask. Launch Siri and tap the ‘i’ next to the title bar and have a browse; there are all sorts of neat tips in there. Each type has an arrow on the end you can tap to see all the different options within.

By: Luke Brunning

Luke Brunning — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:36:55 +0000

You can say ‘change title’ to alter an appointment title that Siri hasn’t got quite right.

By: Boise Ed

Boise Ed — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:08:22 +0000

I just now asked Siri when the 2012 Alamo Bowl is, and got an answer. I then told Siri to add that game to my calendar. It started a calendar event titled “that game” and I had to abort. So then I said specifically to add the 2012 Alamo Bowl to my calendar, but the reply was “What time is your appointment?” Failure.

By: GoodScout

GoodScout — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:42:36 +0000

“Siri, remind me to use you whenever I get somewhere there’s actually a WiFi connection….”

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:57:48 +0000

Try putting Walmart’s address in your contacts. It works for me for Vons.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:22:34 +0000

I discovered that I don’t have to tell Siri “Open” or “Launch”. All you have to say is the exact name of the app. For example, “Flashlight” will open the Flashlight app. But if your request is ambiguous, for example, “Angry Birds”, then Siri will ask you which one you want her to open.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:10:24 +0000

I like Siri’s integration with Music as it saves tapping around to play tracks from my music library. “Play some Sinatra” gets me a random Frank Sinatra track, or “Play I can’t get behind that” gets me a specific track (from Shatner’s “Has Been” if you’re interested).

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:35:21 +0000

Alarms are fairly powerful. I use “show alarms”, “turn all alarms on/off” and “set an alarm for (time)” to change mine. Much faster than messing around in the settings twice a day.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:10:05 +0000

I’m quite proud I got “remind me to say happy birthday when I get to my mother-in-law’s house” to work!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:30:48 +0000

I would like Siri to be able to set up reminders based upon location like;
“When I am at Walmart remind me to get dog food”

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:53:21 +0000

I have persevered with Siri – correcting what it’s heard to improve accuracy. I find it really useful for emails, texts and Reminders. I am working now on using the geo-location part of Reminders. Persevering with it is key to improving its usefulness.

By: Jeninems

Jeninems — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:54:16 +0000

I use Siri more than I did with IOS5 primarily to launch apps, though the sports features are great for checking on my Big 10 teams. Still love seeing what flights are overhead with Siri.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:27:15 +0000

I find myself using Siri quite a bit. Mostly for reminders though. As with anything Apple – support here in South Africa is limited with Siri!