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Apps & integrations
Trigger third-party app actions by voice.
- Add a bookmark in Safari with SiriAsk Siri to save the page you're reading so you can find it later, on iPhone or iPad.
- AirPlay to Apple TV with SiriSend video or music from your iPhone to the TV by voice through Apple TV.
- Ask Siri to tell you a jokeA quick bit of fun: ask Siri for a joke, a fun fact, or to flip a coin or roll a die.
- Ask Siri where a friend isCheck a friend or family member's location by voice once they share it with you.
- Check your AirPods battery with SiriAsk how much charge your AirPods and their case have left, by voice.
- Check your battery level with SiriAsk your iPhone or iPad how much charge is left, hands-free.
- Control Apple TV with your voice using SiriOpen apps, play, pause, skip, and caption on Apple TV by holding the Siri Remote button and speaking.
- Find a recipe with SiriAsk Siri for a recipe and it searches the web, returning results you can open and follow.
- Find your AirPods with SiriAsk Siri to play a sound on your AirPods or show their last location to track them down.
- Find your Apple Watch with SiriAsk Siri to ping your Watch so it chimes, helping you find it nearby.
- Find your iPhone from your Apple Watch with SiriAsk Siri on your Watch to ping your iPhone so it plays a sound, even on silent, when it's nearby but lost.
- Find your keys with Siri and an AirTagAsk Siri to play a sound on an AirTag-tagged item to track it down nearby.
- How to open an app's settings with SiriJump straight into an app — and often a specific screen — with a single phrase.
- Identify a landmark with SiriUse Visual Look Up to identify a building or landmark from a photo; availability varies by region.
- Identify a plant with Siri and your photosUse Visual Look Up to identify a plant from a photo; availability is region- and device-dependent.
- Look something up on Wikipedia with SiriAsk Siri for a quick factual summary or to open a Wikipedia article.
- Make Siri play music from a specific serviceHow to get Siri to use Spotify or another app instead of Apple Music, and why there's no fixed default.
- Mute the TV with Siri on Apple TVSilence playback by voice on Apple TV without hunting for the remote's volume control.
- Open two apps side by side with Siri on iPadUse Siri to launch an app, then set up Split View for multitasking on iPad.
- Scan a document with SiriWhat Siri can and can't do for document scanning, and the fastest voice-assisted path.
- Search for a movie on Apple TV with SiriFind a film, actor, or genre across apps on Apple TV by voice, then jump straight into watching.
- Search the web with SiriAsk Siri to run a web search and show results when it doesn't have a direct answer.
- Set a sleep timer on Apple TV with SiriTell Apple TV to switch off after a set time so it doesn't play all night.
- Turn on Airplane Mode with SiriSwitch Airplane Mode on by voice, with a note on why Siri can't turn it back off.
- Turn on Bluetooth with SiriEnable or disable Bluetooth by voice to connect headphones, speakers, or your car faster.
- Turn on Dark Mode with SiriSwitch the system appearance to dark or light by voice, easier on the eyes at night.
- Turn on Do Not Disturb with SiriSilence calls and notifications by voice, then turn them back on the same way.
- Turn on Low Power Mode with SiriStretch a dying battery by asking Siri to switch on Low Power Mode, and switch it off the same way.
- Turn on Night Shift with SiriWarm the screen colors by voice to cut blue light in the evening.
- Turn on the flashlight with SiriSwitch the iPhone flashlight on or off by voice without unlocking, faster than reaching for Control Center.
- Turn on Wi-Fi with SiriSwitch Wi-Fi on or off by voice without digging into Settings or Control Center.