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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How to call, message, and email your contacts using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 a 1:25 am

Siri isn't just another voice control system, it remembers context and it can understand relationships. That means, for example, you can tell Siri to call your wife's iPhone, and Siri will know who that is and which phone number to dial.

How to set up, configure, secure, and start using Siri

By Gary Mazo, Monday, May 21, 2012 a 11:00 pm

Siri is the flagship feature of Apple's iPhone 4S. Even though it's still in beta, one look at Apple's advertising shows just how important they consider their digital personal assistant. Yet despite how natural Apple intends their voice-control system to be, it can still take some getting used to, and if you're new to the iPhone, you might find you need some help setting it up.

Apple motions to dismiss Siri class action lawsuit

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 a 11:12 am

Apple's getting sued for Siri being beta, apparently. A class-action lawsuit in Oakland, California is alleging that Apple has been improperly representing Siri in their ads and that the functionality isn't as perfect as Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschenel led them to believe

iOS 6 reportedly code named Sundance, more rumors about Siri API, Siri for iPad, iTunes 11

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 11, 2012 a 11:46 pm

iOS 6 is rumored to be code named Sundance, continuing Apple's tradition of naming iOS releases after ski resorts. This according to MG Siegler at TechCrunch. Siegler also triple confirms the newly updated Maps app is coming in iOS 6, though he thinks the hype surrounding how good it is might be hyperbole.

iPhone & iPad Live 292: Yoga pantless

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 3, 2012 a 3:55 pm

Georgia, Seth, and Rene discuss low Siri usage levels, whether iOS 6 needs a new Home screen, Notification Center do not disturb, Pandora vs Slacker vs Spotify shootout, Quasar, BIG JAMBOX, and the iPhone bra. This is iPhone & iPad Live!

Siri six months later: Community report card

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 a 3:45 pm

Siri, the iPhone 4S' flagship feature has been on the market now for 6 months. On one hand, Siri is absolutely amazing -- the first real virtual personal assistant with a personality right out of Pixar. On the other hand, Siri is obviously still in beta and often fails or works just enough to frustrate more than any outright failure. That makes it an odd choice for a flagship feature, but given the lack of a physical redesign and the obvious potential for awesome demos, rightly or wrongly, Siri was what Apple had to work with.

But does it work for us?

Six months later, how much are you using Siri? [Poll]

By Georgia, Monday, Apr 30, 2012 a 11:35 am

It's been six months since Apple released the iPhone 4S and that means it's been six months since Apple launched Siri, their virtual personal assistant. Siri does a lot of things very well -- it's the fastest way to set alarms or Reminders, and an easy way to call someone, or respond to text messages while otherwise occupied.

However, it still isn't very consistent -- it will read SMS but not email, it will send SMS and Email but not tweets. And while it's added Japanese to its list of supported languages, that's all its added. Still no Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese, no Mandarin Chinese, or other popular languages. Even for the languages Siri does support, it's still hit or miss at times, and while it works wonderfully for some users, it doesn't seem to work at all for others. And, of course, the new iPad didn't get Siri at all...

Apple is still focusing most of their iPhone 4S marketing on Siri, with high profile celebrity ads involving Samuel L. Jackson, Zooey Deschenel, and... Santa. And according to our own Ally Kazmucha's exclusive talk with Siri co-founder and former Apple employee, Dag Kittlaus, there's more to come.

But for now we just want to know how much you're using Siri? Do you rely on her (or him, depending on your language) all day, every day? Or do you use Siri so little you've forgotten it even exists? Vote in the poll up top and give us your honest opinion in our Siri Forum -- how much do you use Siri?

Siri co-founder talks to iMore about the future of technology, mobile interfaces, and implementing Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 a 1:22 pm

Dag Kittlaus, creator of Siri, recently spoke at an economic development event in his hometown of Michigan City, Indiana, and iMore had the chance to listen in and ask him some questions about the challenges they faced in implementing Siri and where he thinks the future of technology is headed.

Celebrity iPhone 4S Siri commercials hit the air with Samuel L. Jackson, Zooey Deschanel

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Apr 16, 2012 a 9:32 pm

For the first time in... forever, iPhone 4S commercials are hitting the air with celebrities.... talking to Siri. The Avengers' Samuel L. Jackson is in one spot that finishes with Verizon branding and The New Girl's Zooey Deschanel is in another with the Sprint logo at the end.