While I have disabled ”hey Siri” due having a family member named Sarah (it was triggering when I talked with her), one of my favorite ‘assists’ from my phone is: [hold power button to trigger Siri] Say “Set reminder (day time) for (item/task to remember) A reminder will be created and then a notification will occur on that day at the appropriate time. This is especially useful when driving and phone is connected to car, as that seems to be when I think of stuff I need to take care of.
Rich, you are a great teacher for someone who knows alttle about ipads. But some of us don't even know how to turn one on, where to tap screen to get what we need. We baby beginners need baby steps.
I am fairly literate when it comes to using the iPhone and iPad, I still learn some useful things though watching your videos. I think you missed something though when it came to sending the text and photo. You do not have to press the send button when Siri asks whether you want to send them. You just say send, this is particularly useful when using CarPlay. A video on CarPlay would be good as I am sure I would learn something. Being British, I appreciate that Siri recognises the way we correctly use the King”s English rather than having to use the colonial pronunciation. 😂 The King of course would say what do I have on my diary today? Which Siri recognises. His diary was particularly full yesterday! 😂
I love all the ways you highlighted for using Siri. I have only been asking Siri to set timers when I am baking and when I wake up in the morning, asking for the current temperature.
You're very welcome Larry! Honestly, I've learned what I know in "doable doses." That's what my videos are fairly short and only cover a few things. I don't like to be overwhelmed with 100 steps to do this or that...Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching.
Well, a few people more I hope! I get lost in all the things the iPhone can do so I've got to where I just ask Siri to do something and I see what happens. Most of the time it works. Thanks for watching!
This is just amazing. Please publish a guide book on all the fantastic tips you are showing. And I will be happy to purchase it .They are amazing and I had no idea of how to use "Siri" like the way you showed with actual demo ( demo makes it much easier to follow) . Extremely useful and I learnt a lot . Thank you 🙏
I have noticed a difference when I ask, “What is the weather forecast for (my location) today?” as opposed to “Show me the hourly weather for (my location) today.” In the first instance, she will come back with websites she found, and in the second, she’ll show me a chart of graph of the today’s weather prediction. It seems like simple, clear declarative requests like Show me… , Call…. , Open this… are for more effective in getting a direct result. I try to avoid questions that may return just a. List of websites to check.
Another very useful tutorial! Thanks so much Rich! It's amazing that I probably know more about my I phone than my wife and that's saying something! All thanks to you!
When I press the side of my phone it doesn’t call Siri app it just gives me the opportunity to turn the phone off. I’m not sure if that’s because I have hey Siri connected. But I thought that’s what you had.
Hi Rich, This video opened my mind on how to use Siri for many more applications than I was using. Loved the send photo application. Thanks as always. Kindness, Teresa
Hi Teresa! I forget to use that Siri command from time to time but it's so much quicker than all the tapping and jumping around. Hope you're doing well.
Very practical for example in the kitchen while cooking and you want to set a timer, without taking any object in your hand, just say "Hey Siri" and the desired time.
Not a senior, but great job definitely will use some of these tips! You just gain a subscriber! Would you mind sharing the purple wallpaper? not a senior, but great job definitely will use some of these tips. would you mind sharing your home screen wallpaper? Looks great!
Well thank you so much for the kind words. I try to get better with each video. Sometimes I make mistakes and sometimes things turn out well. I'm just glad you found the videos helpful. Thanks so much for watching!
This may be a lame question but do you know of a way to calendar an event that is the 2nd Monday of a Month? The calendar repeat doesn’t offer that option.
You have to set this in your settings and you have to press it a little bit longer. Settings - Siri & Search, and here the second row will be the "press side button for Siri". You have to activate it.
Sorry about that. I do my best to get the volume at a predefined level before I upload to RU-vid. Every now and them I guess I make a mistake. Thanks so much for watching!
Siri is really very practical on our devices (iPads, iPhones) if only it understood what we want well every time. Often unfortunately it understands a whole other thing. I use it all the time for everything, to start a radio or do anything else.
Rich - thanks for your video. Question: At the end you said that Siri is always getting better. Does that mean that the Siri on your own phone gets better only when you use Siri on your own phone, or, does it mean that the Siri on your phone gets better because it is connected to a sort of global/cloud Siri and gets better by other people using Siri even when you are not using Siri?
The latter. Apple has more data to work with in perfecting Siri. Siri still lags in performance to me, but is so much better than just year ago. Thanks so much for watching!
I've not done a video on Dynamic Island. I've not made one because I didn't know if people would find it interesting. So good to hear your question/comment. Thanks for watching!
