iPhone 4S Siri Assistant Voice Commands [Complete List]

Apple’s latest smartphone, the iPhone 4S, has one of most recent innovation in the portable media market; the Siri Assistant, which as explained earlier is like your personal assistant and will do things that a real assistant does.

Siri includes many commands through which you can interact with the iPhone 4S. We have got hold of those commands and they include:

Address Book

Commands for Contact related Queries

• What is (any name in the book)’s address?
• What is (any name from the book)’s phone number?
• When is my (anyone)’s birthday?
• Show (anyone)’s email address.

Finding Contacts through the App

• Show (the name of contact you want to find)
• Find people named (say name)
• Who is (any name)?

Relationships

• My mom is (say name of your mother)
• (Name of your brother) is my brother
• Call my (relation of any relative e.g. brother) at work

Calendars

Creating Events

• Set up a meeting at (time)
• Set up a meeting with (any name) at (time)
• Meet with (name) at (any time in the day or night e.g. evening)
• Set up a meeting about (topic of meeting) tomorrow at (specific time)
• New appointment with (name of person), (any day) at (specific time)
• Schedule a (any topic) meeting at (time) (day) in the (specific place)

Rescheduling a Previously set Meeting

• Move my (previously set time) meeting to (new time)
• Reschedule (my appointment/meeting) with (name) to next (new date) at (new time)
• Add (new name) to my meeting with (name of the person already in the meeting)
• Cancel the (any pre-set topic) meeting

Inquiring about Events

• What does the rest of my day look like?
• What’s on my calendar for (any day)?
• When is my next appointment?
• When am I meeting with (specific name)?
• Where is my next meeting?

Using the Alarm through Siri

Setting up Alarms

• Wake me up (tomorrow/the day after etc.) at (specific time)
• Set an alarm for (any specific time)
• Wake me up in (any amount of) hours

Resetting Alarm

• Change my (any pre-set) alarm to (new time)
• Turn off my (any pre-set time)
• Delete my (pre-set time) alarm

Checking the Time

• What time is it?
• What time is it in (specific time)?
• What is today’s date?
• What’s the date this (any day)?

Using a Timer

• Set the timer for ten minutes
• Show the timer
• Pause the timer
• Resume
• Reset the timer
• Stop it

Using Email through Siri

E-Mailing

• Email (any name) about the (specific event)
• Email (name) about the change in plans
• New email to (name in address book)
• Mail (any name or relation e.g Mom) about the rent check
• Email (Name) and say I got the forms, thanks
• Mail (name) and (other) about the party and say I had a great time

Checking Messages

• Check email
• Any new email from (any name) today.
• Show new mail about the lease
• Show the email from (name) yesterday

Replying to Messages

Reply (name) “sorry about the late payment”

Checking Up on Friends

• Where’s (any friend’s name)?
• Where is my (relation e.g. Mother)?
• Is my (anybody) at home?
• Where are all my friends?
• Who is here?
• Who is near me?

Using Maps through Siri

Getting Directions

• How do I get (name of place)?
• Show 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino California
• Directions to (anybody’s) work

Finding Local Businesses

• Find coffee near me
• Where is (name of shop e.g. Starbucks)?
• Find some burger joints in (any city)
• Find a (gas/store etc.) within walking distance
• Good Mexican restaurants around here

Messages

Sending Texts

• Tell (anybody in the contacts) I’ll be right there
• Send a message to (anyone in the contacts)
• Send a message to (any person) saying (specific message)
• Tell (any person in contacts) the show was great
• Send a message to (a contact) on his/her mobile saying I’ll be late
• Send a message to any number such as 497 555 7860
• Text (contact) and (contact/friend) where are you?

Reading Text Messages

• Read my new messages
• Read it again

Replying to Text Messages

• Reply that’s good
• Tell him I’ll be there in (amount) hours
• Call him/her

Music

Playback

• Play (name of song)
• Play (name of Artist)
• Play some (specific genre)
• Play my (name of Album)
• Shuffle my (name of) playlist
• Play
• Pause
• Stop
• Skip

Notes

Creating and finding notes

• Note that I spent (amount) on lunch
• Note: check out that new (name of thing)
• Find my restaurant note
• Create a reading list note
• Add (contact/friend) to my reading list note

Phone

Making Phone calls

• Call (contact/friend)
• Call (contact/friend) mobile
• Call (contact/friend) on her (home/work) phone
• Call (say full number)
• Call (place)
• FaceTime (contact/friend)

Reminders

Setting Reminders

• Remind me to call (contact/friend)
• Remind me to call my (contact/friend) when I get home
• Remember to take an umbrella
• Remind me take my medicine at (time) (day)
• Remind me to pick up (any specific thing) when I leave here
• Remind me when I leave to call (contact/friend)
• Remind me to start/finish the (any project) by (time)

Stocks

Checking Stocks

• What is (company)’s stock price?
• What is (company)’s PE ratio?
• What did (company name) close at today?
• How is the (company) doing?
• How are the markets doing?
• What is the Dow at.

Weather

Checking the Forecast

• What’s the weather for (specific day)?
• What’s the weather for (day)?
• Will it rain in Cupertino this week?
• Check next week’s forecast for (specific city)
• What’s the forecast for this (specific time)?
• How’s the weather in (city) right now?
• How hot/cold will it be in (city) this weekend?
• What’s the high/low for Anchorage on Thursday?
• What’s the temperature outside?
• How windy is it out there?
• When is sunrise/dawn in City?

Websearch

Looking up information on the Web

• Search the web for (anyting)
• Google (name of anything)
• Search Wikipedia for (anything)
• Search for news about (anything)

Using Wolfram Alpha

• How many calories in a bagel?
• What is an 18% tip on $86.74 for four people?
• Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?
• How long do dogs live?
• What is the Gossamer Condor?
• What’s the square root of 128?
• How many dollars is €45?
• What was the Best Picture of 1983?
• How many days until Christmas?
• How far away is the Sun?
• When is the next solar eclipse?
• Show me the Orion constellation
• What’s the population of Jamaica?
• How high is Mt. Everest?
• How deep is the Atlantic ocean?
• What’s the price of gasoline in Chicago?

[via TUAW]