What to ask Siri about a rock. Secret commands for Siri: ask interesting questions right now

The tips below aren't huge secrets, but they tend to be forgotten when talking about Siri's features and capabilities. As a result, we prepared small selection tips on how to get more from voice assistant and some fun facts.

It often happens that the user starts speaking, but cannot finish the phrase due to uncertainty about how to say a word/phrase in a foreign language: not everyone speaks English, German or Chinese at a thorough level. Siri works in such a way that each more or less long pause will be perceived as a completed question. Accordingly, the phrase heard incorrectly, the answer is even stupider, everything needs to start from the very beginning. In order to eradicate this problem in the future, you need to click on Home button and don't let go until the phrase is finished. This will prevent Siri from turning off.
If you're not entirely sure what Siri can do, there are three options to choose from. First, just ask a question: if he can/knows, he will simply answer. Second, directly ask “What can I ask Siri” or the same question on any other accessible language. The last option is to click on the question mark in the corner of the screen. A list of possible topics will open for the assistant to answer.
Siri can open apps. Both native ones and our own from third-party developers. The main thing is to pronounce the name of the applications correctly and everything will be open. If there are a lot of identical names (for example, Plants vs Zombie), Siri will give you options and there you can either tap on the screen with your finger or specify what exactly needs to be opened. True, the voice assistant cannot go further than this - besides launching, no other functions will be performed.
As it turns out, Siri remembers quite a lot of its conversations with the user. It seems to many that the conversation history is lost every time we close the corresponding interface. In fact, there is a story. To open it, you need to launch Siri and say nothing, after which the voice assistant will show you what you can ask him. Let's skip this moment and start twisting upward - that's our story.
Siri can be taught who is who for you. For example, you can say "Call my girlfriend" and if Siri doesn't know who it is, you can immediately point to specific contact. In exactly the same way you can designate parents, family, colleagues, boss, relatives. It is much more convenient to call than to search in a list of hundreds of contacts.
If the iPhone has been away from the user for some time, you can quickly get information about who called/wrote/sent messages to voicemail. You can ask Siri about this and she will quickly tell you everything.
Posts in social media can also be done easily and quickly, but only if you publish them in a foreign, and not native, language. Just say “Post on Facebook/Twitter” and speak the text. First, all login data from social networks must be entered into the smartphone settings.
Siri can also send messages/emails, you just need to dictate the text and specify the sender. And vice versa. Having received email, the user can ask to read its contents out loud and even respond to it. And all this without typing on the keyboard. If you want to have a good laugh, send a letter in Russian and let Siri read it: you've definitely never heard such a broken language.
Siri doesn't know how to work with applications, but is well versed in settings. For example, using your voice, you can open the desired section in the “Settings” menu or directly ask to turn on Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, etc.
Siri will never say inappropriate words out loud. And she can’t get this out of her. This mainly concerns the word “Fuck”, which she will write but will not say. Instead, a high-pitched squeak will be heard. Sounds very funny.

One of the most significant innovations for Russian speaking users iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch over the past many months. The Russian-language Siri has been awaited for so long that many have managed to learn English and “make friends” with the original voice assistant. But now all that remains is to wait for the official release of iOS 8.3 and talk to personal assistant Every Russian-speaking owner of an Apple mobile device will be able to.

And while iOS 8.3 is in beta status, we can take the time to familiarize ourselves with the available commands for Siri. It is with their help that the voice assistant will be able to fully reveal its potential and become a real assistant, understanding everything in one phrase. In this article we will publish full list voice commands for Russian-language Siri, each of which leads to the execution of a specific request.

Working with the contact book

Siri allows you to specify the names of relatives by giving them appropriate titles, for example:

My mother - Nina Nikolaevna
My sister - Katya

After making such assignments, you can dial the required contacts as follows:

Call my sister
Call my mom on her cell phone
Call Sveta
What is Anna Petrovna's address?
Which email address at Denis's?
Show Oleg Olegovich
What is Nina's phone number?
Find people named Eugene
Search contacts

Note: you can call any name written in your contact book

Phone calls

Call Sveta
Call Sveta at work
Call Sveta on her mobile phone
Dial [phone_number]
Call help desk(Police/Ambulance/Fire)
Show me my call history
Call the last number
Do I have missed calls?
Do I have new messages on my answering machine?

Text messages

Say to Ivan: “Hi, how are you?”
Send a message to Oleg
Tell Inna “Everything was wonderful, thanks for dinner”
Send Evgeniy a message to work “See you tomorrow”
Write an SMS “Come to me” to Anton and Peter
Send a message to [phone_number]
Read my new messages
Read the last message again
Answer: “No!”
Call him
Read the latest message from Inna

Application management

Launch Camera
Play Doodle Jump
Open Instagram

Music control

Listen to Go Slow by HAIM
Enable Bob Dylan
Put on the Hey Jude album and mix it up
Put playlist [Playlist_name]
Listen
Pause
Skip

Manage the Calendar application

Schedule a meeting for 8 a.m.
Meeting with Anton at 10 am
Create a meeting with investors the day after tomorrow at 8 pm
New meeting with Oleg at 8:30
Schedule a business lunch today at 14:00
Reschedule your business lunch until tomorrow
Add Inna to the meeting with Oleg
Cancel the meeting with Oleg
What do I have planned for Monday?
When is my next meeting?
What do I have left for today?
When is my next meeting?
When do I have a meeting with Oleg?

Mail management

Sending letters
Write to Evgeny about the meeting tomorrow at 20:00
Write to Inna: “I’ll be there in 10 minutes”
Write to your brother about a hockey match
Write a letter to Alexey and say: “Everything is fine!”
Show letters about work
Show me yesterday's letter from your boss
Answer: “No. I won't take out the trash"
Call him at home number

Card management

Get directions to work
Route to St. Petersburg
Route to brother's house
How to get from Moscow to Saransk?
How to walk to the house?
We haven't arrived yet?
What's the next turn?
When will I arrive?
Find a gas station
Show me Red Square
Show me [Address]
Find a cafe nearby
Where is the nearest airport?

Clock management

Wake me up tomorrow at 6 am
Set your alarm for 6 am
Wake me up in 7 hours
Change my alarm clock from 6 to 6.15
Disable alarm at 6.15
Remove the alarm clock at 6.45
Turn off all my alarms
What date is today?
What date will it be this Saturday?
What time is it in London now?
Set a timer for 20 minutes
Show me my timer
Pause the timer
Stop the timer
Start the timer again
Reset the timer

Manage the Weather app

What's the weather like today?
What's the weather forecast for tomorrow evening?
What is the current weather in St. Petersburg?
How many degrees will it be in Moscow on Friday?
How many degrees is it outside now?
What time will the sun set in Minsk today?
Is it windy today?
Do I need an umbrella today?

Managing notes

Internet search

Find wooden doors on the Internet
Find repair recommendations
Find in Google history Napoleon
Search the Internet for the best works of Pushkin
Find photos of Pallas's cat
Show video of ball lightning
What's new in Moscow?

Siri can also answer ordinary questions, the answers to which the assistant takes on the Internet. You can ask the voice assistant anything you want, and he will try to answer every request as clearly and correctly as possible.

IN lately Voice assistants are increasingly penetrating our daily lives. Most users of iPhone and other products Apple They are well familiar with one of them - Siri, but few people understand all the prospects of virtual assistants and know how to use all their capabilities and functions.

What is a voice assistant

Imagine, your devoted friend is always next to you, who is ready to talk to you at any time of the day or night, answer any of your questions and carry out instructions. At the same time, he never gets tired, he is never in a bad mood, and every day he becomes smarter and understands you better. These are voice assistants that are available for everyday use today.

Voice assistants are built into computers, tablets, phones, smart watch, smart speakers and even into cars. It is important to understand that interaction with the voice assistant is carried out exclusively by voice, without using your hands, without pressing any buttons. This is fundamental new way interaction between a person and a program, which is very similar to communication between people.

Siri from Apple.
Google Assistant Google company.
Alexa from Amazon.
Alice from Yandex.

We have already written about and, and in this article we will talk in detail about Siri.

Voice assistant Siri

Siri is a voice assistant that was the first to support the Russian language, and only then did the domestic one appear, released at the end of 2017, and even later in the summer of 2018 it spoke Russian. Siri recognizes Russian speech quite well, even if music is playing nearby or there are extraneous noises.

Siri on iPhone SE

Siri wasn't always owned by Apple. Initially, it was a separate application in App Store for iOS. In 2010 year Apple acquired Siri Inc. and their unique development. Shortly after the purchase, Apple built Siri into the iPhone 4S, and then into its subsequent devices. Then, in 2011, Siri became the first product on the personal voice assistant market.

Siri adapts to each user individually, studies his preferences and begins to better understand his “master.” This is primarily noticeable in the improvement of your voice recognition after the first weeks of use. You can also tell Siri how to address you and the names of your contacts from address book so that she understands you better. And when Siri pronounces names incorrectly, you can always correct her and show her the correct accent.

Siri is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and in almost all modern cars via CarPlay. The way you launch Siri and the list of available commands varies depending on your device.

How to launch Siri on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Launch by pressing the Home button

Siri is available on all iPhones, starting with iPhone 4s, on operating iOS system 5 and above. To launch Siri on an iPhone (excluding iPhone X), you need to press and hold the center Home button.

To launch Siri on iPhone X, you need to press and hold the side button.

After sound signal, you can make a request. On some devices, you must wait for Siri to appear on the screen before giving a command.

Hey Siri - How to enable Siri with your voice

Siri can be launched solely using your voice, without pressing any buttons at all. All you have to do is say, “Hey Siri.” After the sound signal, you can ask a question or give a command.

To do this, the “Hey Siri” function must be activated on the device: Settings → Siri and search → Listen to “Hey Siri”.

At all iPhone models, starting with iPhone 6s and also on iPad Pro This function can be used at any time by saying “Hey Siri” so that it is picked up by the gadget’s microphones. On earlier iPhones and iPads, the always-listening feature only works when your device is connected to a charger.

How to enable Siri on headphones

Using an original Apple headset with buttons remote control or compatible Bluetooth headphones, you can activate Siri by pressing the center button or the call button. After the beep, you can make a request.

Using wireless headset Apple's AirPods to launch Siri twice touch the outer surface of any earphone.

Siri on Mac

Siri is available on Mac computers with macOS 10.12 Sierra and later operating system. However, on at the moment The functionality of the voice assistant on a Mac is limited. All Siri can do here is make FaceTime calls, write messages, play music, show the weather forecast and help you work with files and folders.

Siri on Mac

It is worth noting that working with files on a computer using a voice assistant is really convenient. Siri can carry out quick search files, sort them by type, date or keyword. For example, if you tell Siri, “Show me my photos from yesterday,” a folder with the corresponding media files will open.

There are several ways to activate Siri on Mac:

Probably in next versions macOS will have more commands for Siri, including commands for HomeKit. This would be a logical continuation of Apple's integration of voice assistant into its laptops and desktops.

Siri functions

Siri, a personal assistant, can answer questions, make recommendations, and carry out commands. Let's look at some of them.

This is just a small part of everything that Siri can do. Get acquainted with a large number commands can be found in our article about commands for Siri. You will find a complete list of commands for the voice assistant in iPhones and Home Pod smart speakers in our reference mobile application, which we regularly update. Download the application " Siri commands"You can do it for free. By installing it, you will always have the most up-to-date list of commands for your voice assistant at hand.

Despite four years of waiting, users are exploring the possibilities with interest Russian speaking Siri. Surely, the personal assistant will have significantly more fans after its release of the public version of iOS 8.3.

It must be said that Siri can not only listen, but also respond. Unlike other tongue-tied assistants, Apple's development is very adaptive and intelligent in its approach to conversation. These are not just requests and template execution of actions, but full-fledged dialogues with jokes. We have collected some of the funniest examples on the Internet.

Siri has answers not only to classic requests, for example, to dial someone or launch an application. She even tries to read minds:

Siri operates according to its own rules and adheres to certain principles. She even has laws that she probably follows from time to time:

In addition to some naive jokes and quite original answers, the voice assistant can tell fairy tales:

As befits a faithful assistant, Siri is always ready to help the smartphone owner. She is so attentive that she doesn’t even have time to sleep. Apparently, even your own fairy tales cannot serve as a reason to take a little break:

But, apparently, sometimes she can allow herself to be distracted from her immediate responsibilities in order to have fun:

Siri is quite evasive on some issues:

She tolerates flattery:

Although switching to next stage She's not ready for a relationship. Moreover, her answer hints that there are many people willing, but she is alone:

Despite the fact that her task is to help find the answer to almost any questions, she simply ignores some:

Siri doesn't like to talk about herself:

Although, Siri doesn’t really like competitors and is even slightly offended if you don’t address her the way she’s used to:

Some of her answers can reach the depths of the soul, you just need to find the right approach:

As a bonus, Siri sings songs:

On the one hand, the usefulness of such comments and answers is questionable, since the smartphone is designed to help the user quickly complete certain tasks, and not distract him with lengthy conversations about nothing. On the other hand, this feature of the voice assistant acts as a kind of “trick” that, at a minimum, looks fresh. In addition, such capabilities, although programmed, can find more functional applications with the development of artificial intelligence. Until then, Siri jokes will remain another way of entertainment for owners of Apple gadgets.

Siri is a personal voice assistant with artificial intelligence, present at all modern devices Apple. Siri was originally separate application, which users of Apple devices could download from the AppStore. In 2011 Apple company purchased Siri, and mobile application ceased to exist. The voice assistant first appeared on the iPhone 4S as a component of the basic software.

Apple developers before iPhone release The 4S touted Siri as a revolutionary technology. However, domestic fans of the brand Apple new the function was disappointing - Siri simply couldn't speak Russian. The function supported only a few languages - French, German, Japanese and English in various variations (USA, UK, Australia, Canada).

Domestic users began to hope that Siri would soon receive support for the Russian language after the release of the beta version of iOS 7. Voice assistant taught to read names written in Cyrillic. Siri was able to pronounce them in Russian quite ridiculously, but previously the program had not even tried to do this.

With the advent iOS versions 8.3 Siri has finally officially mastered the Russian language, and besides it several more - for example, Malay, Portuguese, Turkish, Thai. However, domestic users were still dissatisfied - due to the peculiarities and versatility of the Russian language, the program did not work correctly.

Siri became truly suitable for daily use only with iOS release 9. The updated assistant turned out to be smarter: it began to understand complex queries and process them much faster (according to the manufacturer - by 40%). iOS 9 was released on June 8, 2015 - from that day on, Russian users stopped looking at Siri as a funny but useless toy.

The quality of Siri depends not only on the version of the operating system, but also on the modification of the iPhone. You can fully use Siri on iPhone 6th generation and newer models. The problem with previous models is that they are not able to filter out extraneous noise effectively enough.

What can Siri do?

Find out about opportunities intelligent assistant Siri will succeed by simply asking him about it. It is enough to ask the question: “ Siri, what can you do?" - and a list of all the main functions and capabilities of the program will appear on the screen.

If a user asks Siri to perform an operation that it doesn't understand, the program will respond that it doesn't understand (as in the image on the right). However, such situations are rare: the functionality of modern Siri is quite wide. What tasks can this program perform?

Route planning. Launching the navigator and manually entering the address into the line can take a lot of time. It's much easier to activate Siri and ask her to get directions to desired point. You can create a query like this: “ Siri, how to get to Lenina Street, 56?».

Built-in iPhone navigator often criticized, but he is not that bad at all. Thanks to its capabilities, Siri can not only show how to get to an address by the shortest route, but also answer how long the journey will take.

Creating an alarm clock. The user needs to tell Siri what time he should wake up in the morning, and the program will set the alarm itself. You can set not only a specific hour and minute, but also a time period. For example, if the user uses the request “ Siri, wake me up in 30 minutes", the program itself will count down half an hour, starting from the current time.

Calendar planning. This Siri function"worth its weight in gold" for business people. Thanks to the intelligent assistant, an iPhone user can schedule telephone conversation with a business partner, schedule or cancel a previously scheduled meeting, adjust the meeting time - and all this without directly accessing the built-in Calendar application. Siri doesn't just blindly capture plans iPhone owner– if, say, a telephone conversation and an appointment coincide in time, the virtual assistant will definitely inform the user about this.

Sending messages. Write an SMS message or email using tiny buttons on-screen keyboard not very convenient - especially when T9 tries to slip in a word that is ridiculous and completely inappropriate in context. Dictate text message- is a completely different matter. A user who tries to do this for the first time will probably be surprised at how well Siri recognizes Russian speech.

Intellectual Apple assistant There are other functions - less useful, but very fun:

Coin. What to do if you need to resolve a dispute using lots, but your pocket is full of bills? It’s clear - ask Siri to throw a coin. Money, of course, will not start pouring in from the iPhone - the virtual assistant will simply report What It came up: heads or tails.
Title. An iPhone user can tell Siri to call himself “Great Emperor” or “Lord of the Galaxy” - and the assistant obeys. This function is useful only for those who have delusions of grandeur - for the rest it will simply lift their spirits.

How to use Siri?

There are 2 ways to enable Siri. The first way is to press the " Home"and hold it until the moment appears blue screen and Siri will ask how she can help (“ What can I help you with?»).

The second method is voice activation: the user can simply say “ Hey Siri!", and the virtual assistant will immediately start working. To launch Siri in the second way, you need to go to the settings of the virtual assistant and activate the corresponding slider.

On iPhone 6S and the latest models You can activate Siri by voice at any time. On iPhone 6 and less modern devices, enable the virtual assistant with the command “Hey Siri!” will succeed only if mobile device is being recharged.

After the program starts and a sound recording line appears on the screen (as in voice recorders), you need to dictate a command or question. For example, we will ask Siri, “ What is 120 by 80?- obviously, if she is a robot, she must count faster than a person. Virtual assistant processes voice command user and translates it into text that appears on the iPhone screen.

Siri uses built-in iPhone applications to perform trivial operations. If the user wants information that Siri is unable to provide (for example, " How many years do cats live?"), the program will redirect it to the global network.

Default virtual assistant applies search Bing system. If the user wants to access another system, he should clarify this point - say, say, “ Find on Google how many years cats live" Then Siri will launch Safari browser and will independently contribute to search bar request.

What's remarkable is that Siri is capable of learning. If a user “chat” with a virtual assistant for 1.5-2 hours, he will certainly notice that the program has begun to understand him better and fulfill his requirements faster. Siri needs time to adapt to the pronunciation of a particular user.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that Siri is already quite effective and is capable of performing voice requests many useful actions, virtual assistant Apple has a lot to strive for. Recent studies have shown that Siri, although better at recognizing accented speech than Amazon's Alexa, is outright inferior in this criterion to Google's assistant. Google name Home.

Apple is not going to stop improving its intelligent assistant - Siri regularly gains new skills. For example, on iOS 10, the assistant can order pizza to the user's home and produce money transfers through the Square Cash service.