Take Control of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13

Speak to 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.

Summon Siri

There are two ways to summon Siri. The first is to press and hold the Home button—or the Sleep/wake button on devices without a Home button—until you see “What can I help you with?” on the screen.

Or you can use the voice-activated Hey Siri, which you can enable in Settings > Siri & Search > Listen for “Hey Siri” (it should be enabled by default). All iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 devices can use Hey Siri, but older devices might have to be connected to power.

To use Hey Siri, say, “Hey Siri” and speak your query—you don’t have to wait ...