3. Using Siri to Stay in Touch

When it comes to contacts, Siri is the star of the show. It helps you stay in touch with others by supercharging your device’s communication capabilities, letting you search for contacts, place phone calls, send text messages, and even compose email.

Siri understands relationships, too. Communication is all about relationships between people, and Siri can learn the established connections between you, your friends and co-workers, and your family. Tell Siri who is your dentist, your accountant, your hairdresser, and more. Then when you want to make an appointment, Siri will be ready to help retrieve that contact information.

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