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Ask Siri to turn a date and time on screen into a calendar event using its announced on-screen awareness.

Send video or music from your iPhone to the TV by voice through Apple TV.

Check the drive time to a place before you leave, with current traffic factored in.

Check the status of a smart lock by voice so you don't have to get up or go back inside.

Check a friend or family member's location by voice once they share it with you.

Ask Siri to dial a number you're looking at using its announced on-screen awareness.

Return your most recent missed call by voice without scrolling through the recents list.

The honest answer on blocking numbers by voice, and the fastest route Siri can actually help with.

Siri handles unit conversions — but cups-to-grams depends on the ingredient.

Apple Intelligence Writing Tools can draft and rewrite replies in different tones.

Siri recognizes music playing around you and remembers what it found.

The honest answer on logging health data by voice, and the workaround that actually works.

Siri can spot dates and times in your messages and turn them into calendar events.

Siri supports multiple named timers at once — useful for cooking and more.

Pull up next-hour precipitation and the radar map by voice.

With Apple Intelligence, Siri and Mail can summarize long emails into a few lines.

Switch the language Siri listens and replies in, which also sharpens recognition of your accent.

Pick a different Siri voice or accent so it sounds the way you prefer.

Ask about conditions on your commute so you know whether to leave early.

Ask your iPhone or iPad how much charge is left, hands-free.

Ask Siri to play your voicemail, with a note on what voice control can and can't do here.

Ask Siri to remove distractions from a photo using Apple Intelligence; availability depends on device and region.

Decide whether Siri responds while your device is locked, balancing convenience and privacy.

Remove an alarm or switch one off by voice, including clearing them all at once.

How to erase the Siri and Dictation interactions Apple has associated with your device.

Compose and send an email by voice, with Siri reading it back before it goes out.

Ask Siri to pull up recent mail from a specific person, hands-free, on iPhone.

Ask Siri to play a sound on your AirPods or show their last location to track them down.

Ask Siri to ping your Watch so it chimes, helping you find it nearby.

Ask Siri to play a sound on an AirTag-tagged item to track it down nearby.

Ask Siri where you parked and Maps shows the spot it saved when you disconnected from CarPlay or car Bluetooth.

Use Speak Screen to have your iPhone read an ebook page aloud when there's no audiobook.

Use Speak Screen to hear on-screen text read out, triggered by voice or a swipe gesture.

Ask Siri to read recent messages aloud and reply by voice, hands-free, on iPhone.

Create an event directly on a shared calendar by naming it in your request.

Siri's on-screen awareness lets it act on what you're currently looking at.

Ask Siri tomorrow's forecast for where you are or any city you name.

Create a custom Genmoji from a description — an Apple Intelligence feature.

Play any playlist by name with one phrase — name the playlist and the app if needed.

Set the name Siri uses for you by editing your own contact card.

Build a custom Shortcut and trigger it by voice with a phrase you choose.

Search your photo library by time, place, people, or what's in the picture — by voice.

Get turn-by-turn directions home in one phrase, on iPhone or hands-free in CarPlay.

Lock a HomeKit-compatible smart lock by voice, from any Apple device.

Have Siri read incoming texts aloud, and reply by voice — hands-free, best with AirPods.

Jump straight into an app — and often a specific screen — with a single phrase.

Send and reply to WhatsApp messages by voice once you grant Siri access.

Use a location-based reminder so Siri reminds you the moment you arrive home.

Translate words and sentences into another language out loud, instantly, by voice.

Switch off every HomeKit light at once, or limit it to a single room, with one command.

Siri and VoiceOver work together — and you can type to Siri instead of speaking.

Use Visual Look Up to identify a building or landmark from a photo; availability varies by region.

Use Visual Look Up to identify a plant from a photo; availability is region- and device-dependent.

Use Live Text to grab and act on text in an image — call a number, open a link, or copy it.

Describe a mood or activity and, per Apple's announced behavior, Siri can build an Apple Music playlist; availability varies.

How to get Siri to use Spotify or another app instead of Apple Music, and why there's no fixed default.

Open or close a HomeKit garage door by voice, with a built-in safety confirmation.

Switch an active call to speakerphone by voice when your hands are full.

Ask Siri to create a reminder linked to the page you're viewing using its announced on-screen awareness.

Move an appointment to a new time by voice without opening the Calendar app.

Trigger any shortcut you've made just by saying its name, the simplest automation Siri offers.

Capture an address you're viewing into a contact or Maps using announced on-screen awareness.

What Siri can and can't do for document scanning, and the fastest voice-assisted path.

Create a reminder that fires when you arrive at or leave a place, not at a set time.

Create a daily reminder by voice to take medication, with a note on the dedicated Health feature.

Give a timer a label like "pasta" or "laundry" so you can track more than one thing at a time by name.

Turn on Sleep Focus by voice to silence notifications at bedtime, and turn it off the same way in the morning.

Tell Siri the time and it creates a one-time or repeating alarm in the Clock app, with optional labels.

Pull up pictures of one person by name once they're named in your Photos library.

Silence a ringing alarm by voice so you don't have to reach for the phone first thing.

Ask Siri to open the camera and get ready to shoot, with a note on what it can't do.

Fix how Siri says a tricky contact or your own name so it gets it right.

Use Live Translation to speak across languages in real time; availability depends on your device, language pair, and region.

Point your camera at foreign text and use Visual Intelligence to translate it; availability is device- and region-dependent.

Stop your device from listening for the wake word, while keeping button-press Siri if you want it.

Stop Siri from suggesting apps, shortcuts, and content across the system if you find them intrusive.

Switch Airplane Mode on by voice, with a note on why Siri can't turn it back off.

Enable or disable Bluetooth by voice to connect headphones, speakers, or your car faster.

Switch the system appearance to dark or light by voice, easier on the eyes at night.

Silence calls and notifications by voice, then turn them back on the same way.

Stretch a dying battery by asking Siri to switch on Low Power Mode, and switch it off the same way.

Warm the screen colors by voice to cut blue light in the evening.

Switch the iPhone flashlight on or off by voice without unlocking, faster than reaching for Control Center.

Set up a text box for Siri so you can type requests instead of speaking, useful in quiet or loud places.

Switch Wi-Fi on or off by voice without digging into Settings or Control Center.

Raise or lower screen brightness by voice, including all the way up or down.

Switch the screen magnifier on or off by voice, a faster route than the accessibility menus.

Point Visual Intelligence at something to identify it or act on it.