Siri

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.

How to create a calendar event with Siri
How to update a calendar event with Siri
How to cancel a calendar event with Siri
How to view and check your Calendar with Siri

How to set reminders and update task and to-do lists with Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 a 2:00 pm

Siri was designed to help you get things done, and part of that job description is creating and updating your to-dos and lists of to-dos in the Reminders app of your iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod touch 5, iPad 4, iPad 3, and iPad mini. If you need to be prodded to pick up milk on the way home, order that present in time for the big party, or set up that lunch meeting before the end of the day, Siri's there to help.

How to create a time-based reminder with Siri
How to create a location-based reminder with Siri
How to create a Reminder in a specific List with Siri
How to maintain a shopping list with Siri

How to view, create, and update notes using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 a 6:06 pm

Being a virtual personal assistant, of course Siri can take a note! In fact, Siri can not only take a note, but update them as well. If you need something that's more permanent than a reminder, something more like an idea you don't want to forget, or a draft you want to get down while you're driving, Siri and the Notes app are the perfect combination.

How to take a note with Siri
How to update a note with Siri

General Motors set to be the first car manufacturer to integrate Siri into its new cars

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 a 7:29 am

General Motors has announced that it will be the first vehicle manufacturer to integrate Siri into its cars. It will include support for Siri in its new Chevrolet Spark and Sonic models which will be available in early 2013. Siri Eyes Free was announced back in June at WWDC and offers an easy way for car manufacturers to integrate Siri into their vehicles; the new comes from The Next Web

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

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Nov 26, 2012 a 10:29 pm

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. Not only that, Siri can send iMessages or SMS, and even email any of your friends, family, or co-workers. No matter how you like to communicate, Siri makes it incredibly easy to stay in touch.

How to set alarms and timers using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 23, 2012 a 11:49 am

Siri ties right into the iOS Clock app on your iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPad 4, iPad mini, and iPod touch 5, which means if you want to be woken up at 7am, have a timer set for 10 minutes so the cookies don't burn, or find out what the hour is in Australia before you call, Siri can keep you alerted and on time.

How to set an alarm with Siri
How to set a repeating alarm with Siri
How to show current alarms with Siri
How to change alarms with Siri
How to turn off alarms with Siri
How to delete alarms with Siri
How to set a timer with Siri
How to show, stop, or re-start a timer with Siri
How to change a timer with Siri
How to find out the time with Siri

Siri can control Philips Hue smart lighting with a little bit of help from SiriProxy

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 a 6:13 am

What could be more exciting than controlling your in-home lighting from your iPad? Yep, you guessed it, controlling you in-home lighting with your voice through the use of Siri. That is now a possibility thanks to developer Brandon Evans who has worked out a way to control the recently launched smart lighting system from Philips.

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

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 a 10:43 am

Siri is one of Apple's flagship features, a virtual, personal, digital assistant with a personality straight out of a Pixar film. If you've got an iPhone 5, iPod touch 5, iPad mini, or iPad 4, then you've got Siri! With Siri, you can do all sorts of amazing, time-saving things, from keeping in contact, to keeping on time, to keeping informed. But first, you may need to get Siri set up and up to speed.

Here are a few things you can do to help Siri along and shorten the learning curve for both of you.

How to use Siri
How to edit a Siri question or command
How to enable Siri in the Settings
How to configure Siri
How to secure Siri with a Passcode Lock

Apple job posting could hint at increased language support for Siri

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 a 4:52 pm

Apple is currently looking for a few good people fluent in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Korean, Norwegian, and Swedish to join the Siri team. Now, Siri is not compatible with a few of the languages on that list, including Swedish, Finnish, and Arabic, so it could well be that this is a sign of language support to come.

How to shop for Apple products using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Nov 19, 2012 a 2:24 pm

With Siri, you can shop for anything Apple right from your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or iPad mini. Get product info, pricing, and more with the Apple Store app, the press of a button, and the sound of your voice.