All Apple users know that Siri is a personal assistant, always ready to help its owner with any question. However, sometimes her answers can do more harm than good.
Before you questions that should not be asked to the "apple" assistant
1. Don't ask Siri to call your boyfriend.
Well, really, don't. Especially if you're not alone in the room. The fact is that Siri remembers the relationship by adding tags to contacts. So, for example, if you ask her to call dad, she will gladly follow the command.
What's wrong with the guys? It's pretty simple: Siri can create tags, but cannot remove them. Now imagine that she has a list of all your exes. Guess what will happen!
2. "Siri, how to hide the body?" 
Yes, her answers may be funny (they are), but if you want to poke fun at Siri, google it or come up with other funny questions. As the saying goes, "Big Brother is watching you," and looking for drugs, explosives or similar information will make you pay attention. Of course, no one will knock on your door an hour after such a question (we are not in America), but you will become an object of increased interest from the special services. Do you really need it?
3. Call Me An Ambulance 
You should never ask Siri to call an ambulance in English. The fact is that the assistant sometimes takes the commands too literally. On english language the phrase “Call Me An Ambulance” Siri can understand as “Call me an ambulance”. The brigade will not come, but in the future Siri will remember you as Ambulance and will call you that.
But if there is no other way out, be as specific as possible when it comes to wording. Tell her, "Siri, call an ambulance." Or better yet, just say the service number emergency assistancewhich she must call
4. Inquire about unknown poisonous plants or animals 
If you are lucky and do not live in Australia, most of these monsters probably live far away from you, and you will never meet them.
Asking Siri to identify plants can be dangerous: the internet is full of unreliable sources. Better to read some relevant books beforehand. Find plants that you can find in the area you are going to and stay safe.
Bonus: how to get Siri
Ask her to sing a song. On the twentieth refusal, she will still sing, if only you fell behind. Spotted on iPhone 7. Try it and share with your friends! 
One of the most significant innovations for Russian-speaking users of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch over the past many months. They waited for the Russian-speaking Siri for so long that many 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 every Russian-speaking owner will be able to talk to a personal assistant. mobile device Apple.
And while iOS 8.3 is in beta status, we can not waste time and familiarize ourselves with the available commands for Siri. It is with their help voice assistant will be able to fully reveal his potential and become a real assistant who understands everything from one phrase. In this article we will publish full list voice commands for the Russian-speaking Siri, each of which leads to the fulfillment of a specific request.
Working with a contact book
Siri allows you to specify the names of relatives by assigning them appropriate names, 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 mobile
- Call Sveta
- What is Anna Petrovna's address?
- What email address at Denis?
- Show Oleg Olegovich
- What is Nina's phone number?
- Find people with the names Eugene
- Find contacts
Note: you can call any name recorded in your contact book
Phone calls
- Call Sveta
- Call Sveta at work
- Call Sveta on mobile
- Dial [Phone_Number]
- Call in help desk (police / ambulance / fire department)
- Show my call history
- Call the last number
- Do I have missed calls?
- Do I have new messages on my answering machine?
Text messages
- Tell Ivan: "Hello, how are you?"
- Send a message to Oleg
- Tell Inna "Everything was great, thanks for the dinner"
- Send Eugene a message to work "See you tomorrow"
- Write an SMS "Come to me" to Anton and Peter
- Send a message to the number [Phone_Number]
- Read my new messages
- Read the last message again
- Answer: "No!"
- Call him
- Read the last message from Inna
Application management
- Launch Camera
- Play Doodle Jump
- Open Instagram
Music control
- Listen to Go Slow by HAIM
- Turn on Bob Dylan
- Put on the Hey Jude album and shuffle it
- Add playlist [Playlist_name]
- Listen
- Pause
- Skip
Managing the Calendar app
- Schedule a meeting for 8am
- Meeting with Anton at 10 am
- Create an investor meeting the day after tomorrow at 8pm
- New meeting with Oleg at 8:30
- Schedule a business lunch for today at 14:00
- Move your business lunch tomorrow
- Add Inna to the meeting with Oleg
- Cancel meeting with Oleg
- What do I have for Monday?
- When is my next appointment?
- 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 Eugene about the meeting tomorrow at 20:00
- Write to Inna: "I'll be there in 10 minutes"
- Write to brother about a hockey game
- 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 can't take the trash "
- Call his home number
Map management
- Get directions to work
- Route to St. Petersburg
- Route to brother home
- How to get from Moscow to Saransk?
- How to walk to the house?
- We haven't arrived yet?
- What's the next turn?
- When I arrive?
- Find a gas station
- Show me red square
- Show me [Address]
- Find a cafe nearby
- Where is the nearest airport?
Watch management
- Wake me up tomorrow at 6 a.m.
- Set your alarm for 6 a.m.
- Wake me up in 7 hours
- Change my alarm from 6 to 6.15
- Disable alarm at 6.15
- Remove the alarm at 6.45
- Turn off all my alarms
- What's the date today?
- What is the date this Saturday?
- What time is it in London now?
- Set a timer for 20 minutes
- Show my timer
- Pause the timer
- Stop the timer
- Start the timer again
- Reset timer
Weather app control
- What is the weather today?
- What's the weather forecast for tomorrow evening?
- What is the weather like in St. Petersburg now?
- How many degrees will Moscow be on Friday?
- How many degrees is it outside now?
- What time will the sun go down in Minsk today?
- Is it windy today?
- Do I need an umbrella today?
Managing notes
Search on the Internet
- Find wooden doors on the internet
- Find repair recommendations
- Find in Google history Napoleon
- Search the Internet for the best works of Pushkin
- Find Pallas's Photos
- Show the 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 accessible and correct as possible.
IN recent times voice assistants are increasingly penetrating into our daily life. Most users of iPhone and other Apple products are familiar with one of them - Siri, but few understand all the perspectives of virtual assistants and know how to use all their capabilities and functions.
What is a voice assistant
Imagine that 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 assignments. At the same time, he never gets tired, he never has a bad mood, and every day he becomes smarter and understands you better. These are the voice assistants that are available for everyday use today.
Voice assistants are built into computers, tablets, phones, smart watch, smart speakers and even in cars. It is important to understand that interaction with the voice assistant is carried out exclusively by voice, without the use of hands, without pressing any buttons. It is fundamentally new way human-program interaction, which is very similar to communication between people.
- Siri from Apple.
- Google Assistant by Google.
- Alexa from Amazon.
- Alice from Yandex.
We have already written before and, and in this article we will talk in detail about Siri.
Siri voice assistant
Siri is a voice assistant, which was the first to support the Russian language, and only then did the domestic one appeared, released at the end of 2017, and even later in the summer of 2018 spoke Russian. Siri recognizes Russian speech quite well, even if music is playing nearby or there are extraneous noises.
Siri in iPhone SE Siri hasn't always belonged to Apple. Initially, it was a separate application in App Store for iOS. In 2010 year Apple acquired Siri Inc. and their unique design. Shortly after the purchase, Apple integrated Siri into the iPhone 4S, and then into its subsequent devices. Then, in 2011, Siri became the first product on the market for personal voice assistants.
Siri adapts to each user individually, learns his preferences and begins to better understand his "owner". This is primarily noticeable in the improvement in your voice recognition after the first weeks of use. It is also possible to tell Siri how to contact you and call the names of your contacts from the address book so that she understands you better. And when Siri pronounces names incorrectly, you can always correct it, show the correct stress.
Siri is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and almost all modern cars via CarPlay. The way Siri is launched and the list of available commands varies by device.
How to launch Siri on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Launch by pressing the Home button
Siri is available on all iPhones from iPhone 4s on iOS system 5 and higher. To launch Siri on 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 pronounce the request. On some devices, wait for Siri to appear on the screen before giving a command.
Hey Siri - How to enable Siri by voice
Siri can be launched exclusively with your voice, without pressing any buttons at all. You just need to say, "Hey Siri." After the beep, 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”.
For everyone iPhone modelsstarting with iPhone 6s and also on iPad Pro this function can be used at any time by saying “Hey Siri” so that the microphones of the gadget pick it up. On earlier iPhones and iPads, the "always listening" function only works when your gadget is connected to a charger.
How to turn on Siri in headphones
Using the 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 earbud.
Siri on Mac
Siri is available on mac computers with macOS 10.12 Sierra and newer operating system... However, at the moment the functionality voice assistant on a poppy is limited. All Siri can do here is make FaceTime calls, write messages, play music, show the weather forecast, and help work with files and folders.
Siri on a poppy It should be noted that working with files on a computer using a voice assistant is really convenient. Siri can exercise quick search files, sort them by type, date, or keyword... For example, if you say to Siri: "Show me my photos from yesterday," then a folder with the corresponding media files will open.
There are several ways to activate Siri on Mac:
More Siri commands are likely to come in future versions of macOS, including HomeKit commands. This will be a logical continuation of the integration of Apple's voice assistant into their laptops and desktops.
Siri functions
Siri is a personal assistant that can answer questions, make recommendations, and follow commands. Let's take a look at some of them.
This is just a small part of what Siri can do. You can see a lot of commands in our article on commands for Siri. The complete list of commands for the voice assistant in iPhones and Home Pod smart speakers can be found in our reference mobile applicationwhich we update regularly. Download the app « Siri commands»Is free. By installing it, you will always have the most current list commands for the voice assistant.
The voice assistant from Apple, which is found in almost every iPhone and iPad, is bored without attention in Russia. Not knowing the Russian language, Siri, for all the breadth of its capabilities, is not of much interest to our compatriots. We expect that soon, and the virtual personality will learn the great and mighty. In this case, you need to get acquainted with its capabilities in advance. Colleagues from Business Insider have collected the most impressive and interesting features of the voice assistant that you will definitely want to try.
Siri works with. If you tell the assistant now "Wolfram planes overhead", you can see the flights that are in the sky above you at the moment.
Siri can easily tell you how many calories are in the food you eat, you just need to ask.
Register on the site and want to come up with secure password? Siri will do this for you when asked for "Wolfram, password".
Give yourself a funny nickname and tell Siri. Just say that now you need to be called "mighty lord", and communication with the voice assistant will become much more fun.
Do you know Morse code? Siri can teach you any word.
Siri will gladly read you the latest incoming message and will answer for you. Time to forget about the keyboard.
Siri mispronounces your name? Feel free to point out the mistake to her. The voice assistant will happily learn and correct.
Sit down at the card table and find that you don't have enough knowledge to play? Siri has all the knowledge you need.
Adding a new reminder is as easy as asking someone to remind you something. Ask Siri, she won't forget.
Are you driving and do not want to search for the track you need on your smartphone yourself? Siri will find for you and start playing.
If the search for the desired icon on home screen device is not an easy task, ask Siri to open the app for you. This does not work with all applications, but, for example, it will do a great job with searching for "Settings".
There are times when Siri misunderstands you. Especially when you have to speak in a language that is not your own. You should not try to repeat the entire phrase, just use a simple tap to edit what the voice assistant recognized.
Finished talking to Siri and you can't close the dialog with a keystroke? Just say goodbye to Siri.
Based on materials from Business Insider
Almost every person on planet Earth is well aware of what is apple... With every update of its iOS mobile platform, the company tries to surprise and delight users. More recently, the Siri assistant has been redesigned. Now this virtual mind became much smarter. But what is much more interesting is that the robot was provided with a very good sense of humor. What can you ask Siri to laugh? The list of requests is unusually wide. But first, let's look at the main features of this assistant.
What is Siri?
This question, by the way, can be asked to the assistant himself. And he will answer in a humorous manner. For asking a lady such things is the height of indecency. However, let's leave the jokes and get down to business seriously. Siri is a mobile assistant designed to help the user find necessary information... It is somewhat similar to a similar assistant from Google. However, comparing them does not make any sense, since the brainchild of "Google" does not have such ample opportunities, lacks a sense of humor and does not have any intelligence at all. It's just a normal search engine with a voice activation function.
It is worth noting that before updating the mobile platform to version 8.3, Siri was completely unable to speak Russian. The use of the assistant was the prerogative of English-speaking users. However, domestic amateurs mobile technologies also waited for such an opportunity. At first, Siri wrote in Russian a little strange. The localization was clearly lame. But with subsequent updates, the situation was corrected. So what to ask Siri to cheer up? There can be quite a few answers to this question. The main thing is to understand what exactly can cause an inadequate reaction of the assistant.
An offer to dance
Of course, this is strange, but the assistant's answers to this unusual proposal can definitely please you. Moreover, it is not only the Russian Siri who can answer in this way. What to ask specifically?
One interesting story is known. The user once asked the assistant to dance. To which Siri answered literally like this: "Who, me? Yes, since birth I have two left legs, or both right legs, or none at all!" Agree, a very original answer. And this is the main difference between this assistant and other assistants.
There are also other known responses of artificial intelligence to the offer to dance. Among them: "I choose sirtaki, although you hardly know this dance", "Ok, you lead" and so on. However, this is far from the only way to have some fun with Siri. There are several more commands that can cheer up the user.
Reaction to insults
Siri is a perfectly adequate female assistant who responds appropriately to direct insults. Artificial intelligence may well respond in a way that can reduce the degree of tension. For example, to the phrase "You are a failure" Siri will reply with a balanced phrase "I try." If you ask the assistant to shut up, she will answer with the colorless phrase "This is ugly." In general, the machine reacts in the same way as a living person would. There is only one difference: it is impossible to get in the face from her for insults. So you can get away with as much as you want.
What to ask Siri so as not to offend her and at the same time laugh? The answer to this question is ambiguous. You can, for example, make fun of Apple. The assistant does not welcome this, but tries to stay within the bounds of decency. It's good that this is just a machine, otherwise the consequences would be even more sad.
Apple Talk
This is exactly the topic that is interesting to most users and completely unacceptable to Siri. To the glaring question of who is Steve JobsSiri responds with a referral to Apple's Jobs page. The referral is followed by the phrase "Thanks for asking about Steve, here's his page on the Apple website."
If someone wants to get too much of an assistant, then you can ask what is wrong with the "apple" corporation. The assistant will answer this question with restraint: "I really don't know, Master."
But to the question of which best tablet, Siri will answer without hesitation: "Well, there is an iPad ... And more ... Oh, no, only an iPad." The situation is about the same with computers. Siri only recognizes "Maki". Considering the general development trend of the Cupertino company, there is nothing surprising here.
Here is the answer to the question of what to ask Siri. The fun doesn't end there. Now let's turn to uncategorized commands. They cannot be attributed to one type or another. Therefore, about them - separately.
Other requests
Naturally, these are not all the capabilities of the assistant. Like any woman, Siri loves to chat terribly. You just need to know what to ask. The most popular entertainment for iPhone owners is listening to fairy tales performed by an assistant. If you ask Siri politely, she will tell a story about herself. As for singing, the assistant has a problem with that. Siri disowns with phrases like "I had a deuce in singing, I confused the notes of C and Ri", "I can't sing" and "You know that I have no voice."
If you tell the assistant that you are drunk, then Siri will complain that none of you can get behind the wheel and will offer to call a taxi. The reaction to the request to help hide the body is very interesting. The assistant will respond with a question "What, again?" There is another answer to the question of what to ask Siri. Scala Johnson (the one Dwayne) happens to be the assistant's favorite actor. Therefore, he does not quite adequately respond to jokes about this actor.
Conclusion
So what can you ask Siri purely for a laugh? There are many answers to this question. Basically, you can ask whatever you want. This assistant has an excellent sense of humor. Therefore, Siri is quite capable of coming up with a sparkling and humorous answer to almost any question. If the assistant does not like the question, then various phrases are used to avoid a direct answer. From these answers, it is immediately clear that we have a female assistant. Because only women know how to skillfully avoid a direct question. Be that as it may, Siri is a new milestone in the development of artificial intelligence. Apple managed to make a full-fledged assistant with its own personality. So far, no other company has achieved this. That is why the company's devices are loved and appreciated. Despite the fact that the Yabloko players have made unforgivable mistakes lately.
