Siri was introduced on the iPhone 4S all the way back in 2011, only four years after the release of the first iPhone. In the dozen or so years since, Apple’s digital assistant has made it easier for all of us to complete actions with only our voice.
Whether you’re sending a text message while driving, making metric conversions while cooking, or trying to start your white noise app while rocking a crying baby, the hands-free power of Siri can be a huge benefit.
Apple’s own documentation of the things Siri can do for you is brief and doesn’t cover nearly all of the possible iPhone actions you can achieve with voice commands. For example, did you know you can now restart your iPhone with only your voice?
If you want to learn more about what you can do on your iPhone with just your voice, check out these nine hidden Siri voice commands.
For more about Siri and the iPhone, check out the coolest new features in iOS 17 and how you can replace Siri with Amazon Alexa on your iPhone home screen.
No more ‘Hey, Siri’ needed
As long as you’re running iOS 17, you no longer need to say “Hey, Siri” to activate Siri on your iPhone. All you need to do is say “Siri,” and your iPhone will begin listening for any voice commands you tell it. For example, you can just say “Siri, set an alarm for 8 a.m. this coming Thursday” — no “Hey” needed.
Have Siri read an article in Safari to you
Another addition is the ability to have Siri read you any article, short story or other webpage — as long as it’s compatible with the Reader View feature. If you’re unsure whether Reader View works on a webpage, tap the AA icon on the top left and make sure that the Show Reader setting isn’t grayed out.
To have Siri read a Safari webpage to you, say something like “Siri, read this to me” or “Siri, I want to listen to this page.” If you tap the new Listen to Page icon on the top left, you can change Siri’s speaking rate so that the voice assistant…
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