Get to Know Siri
Siri is your voice-activated personal assistant, capable of making phone calls, playing music, reading your email messages, telling you if it’s going to rain, and even controlling your home.
This chapter gives a basic overview of Siri. For in-depth coverage, see Take Control of Siri.
Summon Siri
You can summon Siri in either of two ways:
Say “Siri” or “Hey Siri.”
Press and hold the side/top button or the Home button.
When you do one of these things, a glowing orb appears on the screen (or, on an iPhone starting in iOS 18, a colorful animated border appears around the screen) indicating that Siri is awaiting your queries.
You can continue speaking to Siri until the orb or animated border vanishes, and it now remains for several ...
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