Siri

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

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Jun 22, 2012 a 5:35 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. 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.

iOS 7 wants: Siri access via Spotlight

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 a 6:26 pm

Apple greatly expanded Siri in iOS 6, adding a host of new features including sports, movies, and dining results, far better language support, and even an Eyes Free driving mode for when hands-free usage is paramount.

But what about Voice Free? Having a conversation with your iPhone or (soon) iPad is something straight out of science fiction. But voice isn't always the best or most appropriate way to query data, and sometimes it's not even possible.

Apple could address a lot of problems by allowing text queries into Siri via the existing Spotlight interface.

Siri isn't just a Google killer, it's a potential gold mine

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jun 13, 2012 a 6:09 pm

Last year, after Apple announced Siri, I wrote about it's long term, potentially game-changing business implications for Apple. Specifically, how Siri wasn't a voice control system, but a powerful, Pixar-coated way For Apple to both intermediate and starve their biggest rival, Google, and gain the most valuable data in modern business -- customer insight.

Siri in iOS 6 coming to iPad, to offer sports, movie, and restaurant data, able to launch apps

By Simon Sage, Monday, Jun 11, 2012 a 2:22 pm

iOS 6 was announced at WWDC today, including a new version of Siri with a heavy emphasis on sports, restaurants and movies. You can now ask for and receive tailored information about sports scores and stats on players.

iOS 6 rumored to bring Siri to iPad

By Simon Sage, Monday, Jun 4, 2012 a 3:57 pm

If you've been waiting for Siri on the iPad as much as we have, you'll be happy to hear that Apple's voice-activated virtual assistant should make its way to the iPad at the expected iOS 6 announcement at WWDC 2012 this week.

Tim Cook talks Siri's future, reveals iPhone 4Siri name, and explains the new iPad name

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 a 11:23 pm

During the D10 Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked about Siri, the iPhone 4S virtual assistant, and why it seems to alternate from working almost like magic to not working at all. Walt Mossberg pressed Cook about Siri being a beta, and asked if Cook was satisfied with its performance so far.

How to set alarms and timers using Siri

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, May 27, 2012 a 11:30 pm

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 use Siri faster by talking less

By Georgia, Friday, May 25, 2012 a 2:52 am

If you watched the new iPhone 4S commercials that Apple released last night, the ones that feature John Malkovich asking Siri for jokes and about the meaning of life, you might have noticed the way in which he was asking. In short, it was short. David Chartier certainly noticed:

Joke features him speaking a series of one-word commands to Siri that practically feel like verbal equivalents of tapping on a particular app to get a particular piece of information. "Weather." "Evening." "Linguica." "Joke." Apple seems to want to remind us that, underneath the clever responses and artificial personality, Siri is a tool meant to help us get more done with less.

Apple's new iPhone 4S ad sees Siri joking and talking about life with John Malkovich

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 a 10:27 pm

Apple has released their third and fourth celebrity iPhone 4S ads, both starring John Malkovich and Siri. The first is called Joke and the second, Life.

While helping John Malkovich plan a night out, Siri shows him her funny side.

After John Malkovich gets philosophical, Siri is ready with an answer.

With classical music playing in the background, Joke sees Malkovich ask Siri for the weather, for his evening calendar, restaurants featuring linguica, and then for a joke.

IBM bans the use of Siri on its networks due to privacy concerns

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 a 3:16 am

If you work for IBM, you are welcome to bring your iPhone 4S to work with you but forget about using Apple’s voice driven digital assistant, Siri. IBM has banned the use of Siri on all of its networks due to concerns over privacy. Siri works by sending anything you ask it to a data center in North Carolina; after that, no one really knows exactly what happens with that data once it has been dealt with.