Siri

Everything you need to know about Siri, Apple's virtual digital assistant

Siri is a personal assistant with personality -- like having a character from a Pixar character built right into your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or iPad mini. She (or he in some languages) will help you set reminders, make calls, send emails, play music, and much, much more. Still in beta, Apple promises to roll out additional languages and features for Siri as time goes on.

Siri: The ultimate guide

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Apple is looking to expand Siri’s conversational skills and features according to a new job posting

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Jan 18, 2013 a 3:12 am

Apple is seeking some fresh blood to help improve Siri. A job advertisement appeared on the business orientated social networking site LinkedIn yesterday seeking an individual who can help evolve and enrich Siri, Apple’s personal digital assistant.

Never mind iPhone 6 and iPads next, in 2013 it's all about iOS 7 and iCloud

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 a 4:13 pm

There'll be an iPhone 5S and iPhone 6. There'll be a Retina iPad mini. There'll be a thinner, lighter iPad 5. There'll be an Apple A7 system-on-a-chip. There'll be an LTE radio that can do simultaneous voice and data, and eventually voice over LTE. There may be curved displays, biometric sensors and security, 4K AirPlay, onboard voice parsing, in-air gesture and face recognition, and much, much more. Apple's hardware will continue to tick tock its way towards the future, but for mainstream users, most of the time, the devices we hold in our hands today are more than good enough. And it's the stuff inside and around them that's become far, far more important.

Chevrolet MyLink brings TuneIn Radio and Siri to the car

By Simon Sage, Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 a 8:02 pm

At CES 2013, Chevrolet was showing off Siri and TuneIn Radio apps working in their 2013 Spark and Sonic vehicles. All of the features you would expect are there, such as dictating messages to Siri and checking calendar appointments via voice.

Siri: The ultimate guide

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Dec 28, 2012 a 12:05 pm

Siri is the name of Apple's personal digital assistant. It's basically voice control that talks back to you, that understands relationships and context, and with a personality straight out of Pixar. Ask Siri questions, or ask Siri to do things for you, just like you would ask a real assistant, and Siri will help keep you connected, informed, in the right place, and on time. You can even use Siri's built in Dictation feature to enter text almost everywhere by simply using your voice.

Siri and Dictation are online services, which mean they need a network connection (Wi-Fi or 3G/4G) to work. Siri is also still in beta, so not all features are available in all places or all languages yet. However, with iOS 6, Apple has added even more functionality to Siri, including support for the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod touch 5, iPad 4, iPad 3, and iPad mini.

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How to search Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and Wolfram|Alpha using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 24, 2012 a 1:11 pm

If you need information, chances are Siri can help you find it. Apple currently enables Siri to search Google (or Yahoo! or Bing) for general information, and Wolfram|Alpha for computational knowledge. You can use Siri to find anything you would normally type into a web search box, only there's no typing needed. Just ask, and you'll get back everything from the latest celebrity gossip to the answers to that nagging math questions to a listing of the best free apps for your iPhone.

How to search the web with Siri
How to query Wolfram|Alpha with Siri

How to check stocks and exchanges using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Dec 22, 2012 a 11:53 pm

Siri can't be your financial advisor or broker -- yet! -- but Siri can look up stock prices and exchange positions for you. Whether you want to find out what's happening with APPL or GOOG, or if the DOW or NASDAQ is up or down, Siri's got you covered. (Just not your positions. Sorry.)

How to check individual stocks with Siri
How to check stock exchanges with Siri

How to check the weather and get forecasts using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 a 5:21 pm

Siri not only makes for a great digital assistant but a great weather forecaster as well. With a little help from Siri, you can make sure you're never caught without your umbrella, raincoat, snow shovel, or suntan lotion again.

How to check current weather conditions with Siri
How to view a weekly weather forecast with Siri
How to check the weather in a different location with Siri
How to check sunrise and sunset times with Siri
How to ask Siri other weather related questions

Apple launches new status page for iCloud, iMessages, Siri, and other services

By Joseph Keller, Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 a 4:46 pm

Apple has launched a new status page for it’s stores, services like iMessages and Siri ,and iCloud that is far more granular and informative than the previous version. While the old page was simply a list of status messages pertaining to iCloud, the new page contains a board with a section each for Services, Stores, and iCloud. An indicator, either a green square for ‘Normal’ or yellow triangle for ‘Issue’, gives the status of each individual service, such as iMessage, Siri, or Mail.

How to play and control music using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 a 12:54 am

Siri can help you access your music more easily than ever. With Siri you can play tracks, albums, and entires genres without ever having to open your Music app. If you're in the car, Siri also makes for a safe way to keep your tunes going while keeping your hands on the wheel.

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How to create, view, update, and cancel calendar events using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Nov 30, 2012 a 9:37 am

Since Siri is meant to be your personal assistant, it only makes sense to have it schedule and manage your meetings and events on your iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod touch 5, iPad 4, iPad 3, or iPad mini. Asking Siri to create a Calendar event only takes a few seconds and is much faster than creating them manually and entering all the data yourself. Whether you need Siri to schedule a meeting, tell you what's on the agenda for the day, or move an existing meeting to another time to make room for a conference call or a power nap, Siri will help make sure your schedule is set.