One of the best and most popular features of Apple’s iPhone is of course the virtual assistant with voice recognition capability known as Siri. More than just a technological marvel, Siri is a pretty handy sidekick for handling a host of everyday tasks, at the sound of your beckoning. Here are ten things that Siri is awesome at getting done for you:
- Making Calls – Stuck in traffic on your morning commute? Tell Siri to call the office and let them know you’re running late. Or you could have avoided that scenario altogether if you’d asked Siri to …
- Checking Traffic – Siri can use your iPhone’s GPS navigation app to apprise you of any delays along your commute, like the one you’re sitting in now.
- Getting Directions – In addition to suggesting alternative directions in the above example, Siri can help you find your way to other destinations, such as …
- Finding Restaurants – or hotels, gas stations, florists, whatever venue or service you’re looking for. That florist will come in handy after you stay late tonight to make up for this traffic delay, and another of Siri’s skills saves the day …
- Sending Text Messages – such as to your wife to tell her you’ll be a bit late for dinner. Keep your hands on the wheel, your eyes on the road, and send a text without making yourself later than you already are. By the way, you can thank Siri that you didn’t forget that dinner date because she also rocks at …
- Setting Reminders – Ask Siri to set a reminder for an appointment, and she’ll remind you at just the right time. Say for instance …
- Scheduling Meetings – Siri can not only set a reminder, but contact other team members that you’ve planned a meeting. Which brings us to another one of Siri’s virtues …
- Sending E-mails – Ask Siri to send an email to select contacts in your email account or entire groups, like your project team, and everyone is kept in the loop. And while you’re thinking about that meeting it might be a good time for Siri to start …
- Taking Dictation – You’re stuck in traffic, but you’re not stuck for ideas, so you can rattle them off to Siri, who will jot them down for later retrieval and review. The best part is, you can share your ideas as they come to mind because Siri is also awesome at …
- Understanding What You Say – As Siri learns yours vocabulary and speech patterns, she becomes more and more adept at getting your verbal shorthand, so you can speak naturally and still get your message across.
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