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Messages & calls
Send texts, place calls, and read messages hands-free.
- Call a family member by relationship with SiriTeach Siri who your wife, husband, mom, or boss is so you can call them by relationship.
- Call back a missed call with SiriReturn your most recent missed call by voice without scrolling through the recents list.
- Can Siri block a phone number?The honest answer on blocking numbers by voice, and the fastest route Siri can actually help with.
- Check your voicemail with SiriAsk Siri to play your voicemail, with a note on what voice control can and can't do here.
- Find an email from someone with SiriAsk Siri to pull up recent mail from a specific person, hands-free, on iPhone.
- Have Siri announce incoming callsLet Siri say who's calling through your AirPods so you can answer hands-free by speaking, useful while driving.
- Have Siri read notifications on Apple WatchHear your alerts read aloud on your Watch through a connected speaker or AirPods, hands-free.
- Have Siri read your last textAsk Siri to read recent messages aloud and reply by voice, hands-free, on iPhone.
- How to make Siri read your messages out loudHave Siri read incoming texts aloud, and reply by voice — hands-free, best with AirPods.
- How to send a WhatsApp message with SiriSend and reply to WhatsApp messages by voice once you grant Siri access.
- Make a hands-free call with Siri in CarPlayPlace calls by voice through CarPlay using a contact name, relationship, or number, with your eyes on the road.
- Put a call on speaker with SiriSwitch an active call to speakerphone by voice when your hands are full.
- Reply to a text with Siri on your MacAnswer a message by voice from your Mac so you don't pick up your phone while working.
- Send a group message with SiriText several people at once by naming them, with Siri reading the message back before it sends.
- Send a text with Siri while drivingCompose and send messages by voice in CarPlay, with Siri reading the text back before it sends so you never touch the screen.
- Start a FaceTime call with SiriPlace a video or audio FaceTime call by voice using a contact name, hands-free.
- Teach Siri to pronounce a nameFix how Siri says a tricky contact or your own name so it gets it right.