The unofficial handbook for Siri.

What this site is

Siri is one of the most-used voice assistants in the world, and also one of the hardest to pin down. What it can do changes with every iOS release, differs from one device to the next, and shifts again depending on your country and your language. Apple's keynotes describe the highlights; the fine print lives on your device. TrySiri exists to close that gap — a plain-English reference for real Siri commands, Apple Intelligence features, and the small tricks that decide whether you hear "I can't help with that" or get exactly what you asked for.

We cover the whole range of what people actually ask Siri to do: setting reminders and timers, sending messages and placing calls, playing music, running a smart home, getting directions, translating a phrase, summarizing a long email, making a Genmoji, using Visual Intelligence, building Shortcuts, and the dozens of everyday commands in between.

Why we built it

Most Siri advice online has the same flaw: it's confident and out of date. A tip that worked two iOS versions ago quietly stopped working, but the article never changed. AI-generated summaries make it worse — they'll cheerfully describe a feature that doesn't exist on your device, in your region, on your version of iOS, with total confidence and no way to check.

We wanted the opposite. The objective is simple and a little stubborn: test what Siri really does, record exactly where and when we tested it, and tell you the truth — including when something doesn't work. A guide is only useful if you can trust it the day you read it, not the day it was written.

How we know what works

Every page carries a status. Predicted means we've written it from Apple's documented behavior but haven't confirmed it on a device yet. Verified means we ran it on real hardware, and the page tells you which device, which version of iOS, and when. Doesn't work means we tried and it didn't — and we left the page up to save you the trouble.

You're part of this too. The "Did this work for you?" buttons on every page are anonymous, and when you add your device and iOS version, that becomes a data point. Enough confirmations from real people, and a page's status comes to reflect reality instead of anyone's best guess. You can read more about how we test.

The fun part — Siri, everywhere

Here's what keeps this genuinely interesting: Siri isn't the same assistant for everyone. The same question gets a different answer in London than in Lagos or Los Angeles. A command that's effortless in English needs different phrasing in Spanish or Japanese. A feature that's instant on an iPhone behaves differently through AirPods, or on a HomePod across the room, or on the dashboard in CarPlay.

There's a real delight in mapping that. Every time someone confirms a prompt worked on their device, in their country, on their version of iOS, the picture gets a little sharper — and the next person searching for the same thing gets a better answer. That's the quiet idea underneath the whole site: every prompt that works for you is one less prompt the next person has to figure out alone. A handbook written, in a sense, by everyone who has ever asked Siri something and wondered whether it would actually work.

Free, independent, and not Apple

TrySiri is free to use — no account, no sign-up, no paywall. The site is supported by ads so the answers can stay open to everyone.

We're also independent. TrySiri is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple. We don't get our information from Apple, and Apple doesn't review what we publish. "Siri" and Apple product names are trademarks of Apple Inc. Being on the outside is rather the point — it's what lets us say "this doesn't work" on the days that it doesn't.

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