Hello Siri what. On which iPhones and iPads does Siri voice activation work?
Learn about Siri's basic capabilities, how it communicates, and how it can be used in everyday life.
Who is Siri
Siri is your personal voice assistant, simplifying interaction with Apple technology. He can send a letter, reply to a message, make an appointment, find the required address. You don't have to learn special phrases - talk to Siri like a friend. The more you communicate, the better he understands you and helps you more effectively.
You can also access Siri hands-free. This is convenient, especially if you are driving and need to dial phone number or get directions.
How to enable Siri
Before you start talking to Siri, make sure you have iPhone settings or iPad, the corresponding function is enabled and the device is connected to the Internet. Otherwise Siri will not work.
To enable Siri, you must:
1.
2. Select the “Siri” section;
3. Turn on Siri.
How to start a conversation
You can use the following methods to communicate with Siri:
Use the Home button;
Use the “Hey Siri” function;
Use a headset.
Let's consider all the options.
Use the Home button
Press and hold the Home button on your iPhone or iPad until you see the phrase “How can I help?” appear on the screen. From now on, Siri listens to you.
Use the Hey Siri feature
With Hey Siri turned on, you can talk to Siri without even using your hands. For example, say: “Hey Siri, I'm hungry” and you will see the nearest places to eat on the screen.
To enable this feature you must:
1. Go to the “Settings” - “General” menu;
2. Select the “Siri” section;
3. Enable Hey Siri.
Important! On iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone SE and iPad Pro(9.7 inches) you can use the Hey Siri feature without connecting to a power source. On older devices, you must first connect to a power source.
Use headset
To start talking to Siri through your headset, press and hold the center button until you hear sound signal. Then make your request.
Rules for communicating with Siri
The main rule when communicating with Siri is clear pronunciation. Siri understands natural human speech well, but ambient noise or slurred phrases can make communication difficult.
To help Siri hear and understand you better, pause between words and tap the color wave at the end of your request. This way Siri will understand that the question has been asked and will begin to answer it.
Is intonation important when communicating with Siri?
No, you can use your usual way of speaking. But if you are dictating a message or text for a note, you should include punctuation.
Is any additional customization Siri to help her understand speech better?
No, the more you communicate with Siri, the more it will recognize you and adapt to the characteristics of your voice. Siri has access to your calendars, contacts, reminders, music, and more. Thanks to this, it can remind you of upcoming meetings, call someone from your contacts list, or play your favorite music. If you want to erase Siri's memory, simply turn it off and on again.
Key features of Siri
Siri can write a message, make a call, find a movie theater nearby, or search for something on the Internet. To find out about all its capabilities, just ask: “What can you do for me, Siri?” will appear on the screen detailed examples possible requests.
What programs can Siri interact with?
Siri works with everyone standard applications, for example: “Phone”, “Messages”, “Calendar”, “Reminders”, “Notes”, “Weather”, “Alarms”, “Music”. She is also able to search for information on the Internet and open third party programs. Starting with iOS 10, Siri also interacts with apps third party developers: For example, she can call an Uber or send a message on Viber.
How does Siri remember user information?
You just need to ask Siri once to get directions to your home or office, indicating their location, and it will remember where you live and what company you work for. Siri also gets to know your contacts so that you can process data faster. For example, if you ask Siri to call your sister, she will already know which number to dial.
We invite you to familiarize yourself with examples of requests:
Stay always in touch:
“Write an SMS to Katya: see you Exclamation point smiley"
“Are there any new letters from Ivan?”
“Call back the last missed number”
“Tweet: I'm having a great holiday this year.”
“Show Peter Ivanov’s contact information”
Plan your day
“Remind me about this letter on Monday morning.”
“Move the meeting from 12:00 to 12:30”
“Remind me to buy milk today at 19:00”
“What do I have planned today?”
“Set your alarm for tomorrow at 7:00.”
Relax and look for fun
"Add this song to my library"
"Next Track"
“Hey Siri, what is this song?”
"Buy this song"
"Tell a joke"
Miscellaneous and useful
"Load Instagram"
"Find Music Apps"
"Turn off Bluetooth"
"What languages do you know?"
"Make the screen brighter"
In this article I want to tell you how to integrate a Xiaomi vacuum cleaner (the second version, but the first should be similar) into Homey (aka bun). You can also designate cleaning zones in the room and control their cleaning via HomeKit, Siri, or use in any scenarios.
1. Update the vacuum cleaner firmware, if required:
First, you will need to update the vacuum cleaner to firmware no lower than 3.3.9_001633. it now has the ability to save a map (as well as the ability to specify virtual restrictions on cleaning zones so that the vacuum cleaner does not enter problem areas.). It will also work on lower versions, but not stable, because... Every time you start, the map will be updated and all coordinates will be lost.
After the update, in the Mi Home application, select the vacuum cleaner / settings (ellipsis in the upper right corner) / robot settings / and turn on “map saving mode”. After which on home page control of the vacuum cleaner there is a button “edit map”, press it and reset old map. We run the vacuum cleaner to clean the entire apartment so that it builds and saves the entire map of the room.
2. Add a vacuum cleaner to Homey:
The next step is to add the vacuum cleaner to Homey, for this we install the Xiaomi Mi Home plugin in Homey, you will also need to know the IP address of the vacuum cleaner on your network and the token of the vacuum cleaner.
The IP address can be found on the router in the list of WiFi clients, and there are many articles on how to get a token, but I liked the method with Android emulator Nox and the Mi Home version from Vevs. If you have an Android device, then you can skip the emulator (I just don’t have one Android devices I wasn’t at home) you can find more details on where to download what and how to do it.
After getting the token, add a new device to Homey, select Mi Robot in the appropriate plugin and enter the ip and token.
3. Determine the coordinates:
To determine the coordinates, open the Mi Home application and go to the vacuum cleaner page so that a map of the room is visible. Next, we take the coordinates 25500x25500 as an input; this is the so-called zero coordinate, and it starts from the docking station of the vacuum cleaner. We create a test Flow, move it to the when column for the This Flow is started test, and drag the Mi Robot card into the then column and scroll to the Send vacuum cleaner to target action. Then you need to set the X and Y coordinates, remembering that the docking station is 25500x25500, add and subtract the value to these coordinates by 1000, and perform a test run of Flow, look at open card in the Mi Home app. We remember where the destination pointer moves, thereby we can navigate the coordinates, add or subtract them to get into the desired zone. Having decided on the coordinate system, we try to move the destination point to the lower left corner of the desired cleaning area. (maybe someone will need to move it to the lower right corner, or even the upper one, depending on the position of the docking station, but for me it’s the lower left)
4. We designate the boundaries of the zones:
The next step is to change the Send vacuum cleaner to target action in the test Flow to Start zone cleaning. The format of the coordinates in this card is as follows: where 18700, 27600 are the X and Y coordinates of the lower left point of the cleaning zone, which we determined in the previous step, and 22200, 33200 are the coordinates of the upper right point of this zone, which is determined through experiments. By adding and subtracting values, we check the resulting zone after launching Flow on the map in Mi Home. IMPORTANT, the coordinates of the second point MUST be greater than the first! If the coordinates of the second point are smaller than those of the first, then you need to swap them in the template, otherwise it will not work. And the last remaining parameter in the “1” template is the number of cleaning cycles, similar to the same parameter in Mi Home from 1 to 3.
In the same way, we determine the coordinates of other zones if required.
5. Add to HomeKit:
To start zone cleaning via Siri, you will need to add a virtual button to Homey through the Virtual Devices module. Siri will be best at telling you what type of Heater button it is, which will be considered a switch rather than a socket or light.
Next, create a Flow where when is the inclusion conditions virtual button, and then this is a Mi Robot card with the Start zone cleaning action at the specified coordinates. And another card is turning off the virtual button. Because If you leave it turned on, then the second and subsequent launches via Siri will not work, because HomeKit sees that this device is already enabled and does not pass the command to Homey.
Voice Siri assistant familiar to all Apple device users. Siri is not only an assistant, but also a friend. Siri will help you write SMS message, plan an event or meeting, find required address. He can tell you what’s interesting and help you make a random choice by tossing a virtual coin.
You can also communicate with Siri hands-free. Together with Siri, you can search for information on Wikipedia, find a song you're interested in using Shazam, and much more. With the advent of the eighth version of the operating Apple systems, the voice assistant has learned to speak Russian.
Before you can use Siri to help you, you need to check if the feature is enabled on your device. Go to settings and find the Siri section there. Also, to use Siri, you will need an Internet connection via wi-fi networks or cellular network mobile operator, for which an additional fee may apply if unavailable free internet traffic.
You can access Siri using the Home button
To communicate with Siri, you first need to activate the voice assistant. This needs to be done in the phone settings, there is a separate Siri item there. To access it, you need to hold the home button until Siri reacts. If your device is an iPhone 6s or later, you can speak a question or request immediately after pressing the home button. Siri starts listening as soon as you start holding the button, and responds even if Siri has not yet appeared on the screen.
Hey Siri feature
Siri can be used without pressing the home button, just say “Hey Siri.” If you have an iPhone 6s or more new model, you can use this feature at any time, if you have a later model device, the device must be connected to a power source for the feature to work.
This function must first be activated in the phone settings, specifically in Siri settings you need to enable the “Allow “Hey Siri”” option. Here you will be asked to configure Siri to match your voice to reduce the chance of accidentally activating Siri on your iPhone by strangers people.
iOS also allows you to temporarily turn off “Hey Siri” by placing the device face down.
Activating Siri via headset
If you have AirPods, you'll need to double-tap the outside of either earbud to activate Siri.
You can change the language and voice in Siri settings. If Siri says that there are problems with the network connection, you need to check your Internet access. Siri listens to you and recognizes the text only within 30 seconds. To view a list of everything Siri can do, you need to press the “home” button and say the phrase “Siri what you can”; you can also see the list if you press “home” and then the question mark in the lower left corner of the Siri display.
Also in the Siri settings, in the “software support” section, you can select the programs with which Siri will interact.
If you carefully understand all the possibilities voice assistant Apple, you can make working with your iPhone much easier.
The description of iOS 9 notes that in new version Siri firmware began to work much better. In addition to the new tasks that the digital assistant has learned to perform, from now on it can also recognize the user by voice. If you don't yet know how to achieve this, read our instructions.
First, you need to go to Settings - General - Siri and turn on the switch next to the “Hey Siri!” menu item. After this, a process will begin during which our assistant will remember the nuances of your voice.
After you're asked to say "Hey Siri" three times, you'll then be asked to make two more requests: asking the assistant about the weather and saying, "Hey Siri, it's me."
At this point, the dating process can be considered complete. After several tests in our office, we were able to notice that the function works, although not always. Eg, iPhone owner by the phrase “Hey Siri!” the system recognizes in 100% of cases. At the same time, sometimes the assistant comes to life even after another user makes this request. But if you say the phrase “Hey Siri, it’s me,” the digital assistant will activate, regardless of who says it. We hope that in
When you first set up new iPhone or iPad, you will be prompted to make settings for the function " Hey Siri!" If you agree to this, the function will be activated immediately. Otherwise, the function can always be configured later.
It is worth noting that the guys from their competitors spotted this function ( "Okay Google").In this article I will tell you which Apple devices support this function and how to set it up.
Then everything should work again. If so, you don't need to panic: first open the Contacts app and select Groups here. Click "Show All Contacts": Sometimes contacts just disappear during the update. Here you can see which accounts are providing data and which are not: to do this, Contacts must be active under the corresponding account name; These are, so to speak, data sources for your contact information.
Before you start, what is voice assistant?
Tap the relevant account and activate Contacts. If you don't know, at Technology From You to You we teach you what it can do. There will be those who are already familiar with this concept, but on the other hand there will be others who are not, so before we get fully involved, let's do a quick presentation.
With the help of the Siri voice assistant, almost anyone iPhone user(4s and up), iPad (iPad3 and up, and all iPad mini devices), iPod touch 5g and Apple Watch can use his voice to make a call, set an alarm, write a message, or even dictate a text. On earlier versions iOS for this you had to hold down the “Home” button, but now for this you just need to say the phrase “ Hey Siri!"(feature was added in iOS 9 and also works on more later versions firmware). But even here there are some nuances.
Its use is very wide, we can set alarms, calendar appointments and even update our social networks. We just need to press a button on the screen and talk to the phone. All with natural language and without having to introduce a more mechanical voice to understand us.
Sherpa, Siri, made in Spain
The application, which is free, shows us a very simple interface when we open it. We just need to press the microphone button and tell it what we want to do. Obviously it has its limitations, but once we know what can be done with it, the number of possibilities is very large.
You can call Siri using your voice only if your device is connected to a power source. But this does not apply to top gadgets such as iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE and iPad Pro (9.7 inches, by the way, this is the only apple tablet, who can do this), who almost always respond to the command “ Hey Siri!» and fulfill your request. Why did I say "almost always"? The problem is that if you keep the device in your pocket or it is lying with the display down, then the protection against false calls is triggered.
Understanding language, as we mentioned earlier, is not bad, and we do not need to speak to it in any special way or even intonate for it to understand us. In this case, Sherpa understands and understands that we are talking with quite high degree accuracy. Now that we've talked about visitors and Sherpa, let's see what we can do with him. On the one hand, it has the most basic functions of a voice assistant: searching the Internet, providing information about characters or events as a file, setting an agenda or open applications.
However, Sherpa also has some very interesting aces up his sleeve. On the one hand, this allows us to update our social media, while those that do not have a direct connection can also be done, but with one more step. For most football fans we can ask Sherpa how our team is doing in the league and the results of their latest matches. In addition, we can create routes on the map, and it will even have its own personality. If we ask you a curious question, it is very possible that you will answer with something ingenious.
How to activate the " Hey Siri!» on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad?
1.Go to the menu “ Settings» → « Basic» → « Siri»
2.Enable the function " Hey Siri! ", moving the desired toggle switch to the green position.
3.We will be asked to click the “set up” button and repeat a series of simple expressions after the assistant to better remember the owner’s voice, so that in the future other people will not be able to activate Siri on your device.
This is not a subject we should take lightly; The choice of a personal secretary is important, even if it is integrated into your mobile phone. It must be fast efficient system, attentive to detail and whom you can trust. If he also good design, much better.
We start our test with a very simple question characteristic of any conversation starter: time. What is your time in Barcelona? Both responded quickly and effectively, although Siri was said to be more sympathetic. As soon as we heard our stomachs roar, both assistants diligently recommended nearby restaurants.
After the settings have been made, calling Siri will not be difficult.
I would like to draw the attention of owners of top-end devices that allow you to call Siri without connecting to charging, - time In this case, battery life will be reduced.
Convert six miles to kilometers. Write a letter to James. One of the typical tasks of an office assistant is writing letters. Create an appointment within an hour. When was Stanley Kubrick born? We move on to the category of culture. In math, meanwhile, both assistants behave similarly, although Siri, as before, with the transition from miles to kilometers, enriches the results with related topics.
Set your alarm for 8 o'clock in the afternoon. And without a doubt, Siri wins this test. However, the Language section wasn't particularly bright. When it came time to make the call, both assistants were up to the task. In both cases, voice recognition was satisfactory and the call was made without problems.
Today, Siri is a very important component of many Apple devices and therefore, iPhone 4 owners are often interested in how exactly to enable this assistant.
I will tell you absolutely everything I know on this topic, how to set up and disable Siri on this smartphone and other details. Let's figure it out from the very beginning. It will be very interesting.
At this stage we were still hungry, so we asked our assistants to book us a table at the pizzeria. Siri was very diligent and understanding that the restaurant does not accept online reservations, gave us the option of calling. Find an upcoming Eric Clapton concert.
How far is the Holy Family? Finally, when we asked for evidence, both competitors did very well. It's time to decide which of the two assistants is the best. So, we finally decided on Siri, confident that it will be the most useful assistant in our daily relationship with the mobile phone.
Is there Siri on iPhone 4?
So, the Siri assistant appeared back in 2011. The main task This program is to control smartphone functions using voice commands.
Can also be used to search necessary information, if suddenly you are too lazy to go into the browser and search for everything yourself.
If you Apple fan, then you probably remember which iPhone model came out the same year as this system. It was an iPhone 4S and its main feature was precisely this function.
There's a health app that collects all your data, but also a keyboard that predicts what you're going to write. Confirmed developers to date in Brazil speak French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish and Portuguese. Nothing about the Romanian language yet. You just have to say "Hey Siri" or, as in Romanian, if there is such a thing, and you can activate the virtual assistance.
This is a useful feature, especially when you are driving. Plus, you can interact with notifications even when the screen is locked. The search will even include applications that you have not installed. Now she comes with smart suggestions for self-improvement, giving you several options depending on the context that you and your partner discussed earlier. It will be easy to send and receive audio and video messages, as well as messages that self-destruct or show where you are at a time.
Every upgrade with an "S" has to mean something. Just in this case, it meant the name of the service that you receive when purchasing a gadget.
I think you've already guessed that what I'm saying is that older models don't support Siri. This means that it simply does not exist on the iPhone 4 and is impossible to find.
How to install/configure Siri on iPhone 4?
You probably already realized that there is no way, even through Jailbreak, to install Siri on an old iPhone 4.
Therefore, I found a small alternative that, although partially, can replace this function for you. Of course, this is a program from Google called “OK Google”.
Your health information is in one place
Family shopping apps
Each account must have the same card. Additionally, parents may or may not approve of purchases made by their children on their devices. So it is much more difficult for children to buy, for example, various gaming banners.New photo app
In fact, this news is somewhat false. Dictation languages are not related to what Siri knows. But you can write on the keyboard to dictate in Romanian. This does not mean siren in Romanian, but dictation in Romanian. But dictation and Siri are two completely different things. Druid, you are an infected cabbage that puts a phone next to another and compares technical aspects and thinks that's it.
It would seem that the problem has been solved and the standard service can be partially replaced. But when you want to download, you realize that a minimum version of iOS 8.0 is required, and we have 7.1.2.
From this we can conclude that the phone is completely outdated both for Apple technologies and just for the most common applications.
After all, you can no longer just download the latest Skype version, Viber and other programs. You'll have to bother and look for ways to install older versions.
Man, if you're still putting money on a smartphone, you're expecting to do something to God. Take advantage of this. Want to get a song from the web? No problem, download it directly from your phone? Pirated movies or games where you don't have any money from them and also from the web directly from your phone. Your fingers are too big and you can't surf the net or connect a mouse. You can even open archives or even create archives. Have you downloaded something from the Internet and you don't know where it is? Well, you look for it with your file browser.
You returned to meet no counterargument. Over time, this small lag was resolved. There's always a security breach there. Police went to the scene and identified a 29-year-old woman from Timisoara who lives in Cluj-Napoca. The woman was wearing a dress when the police arrived.
Therefore, there are two options: first, we simply use the phone as a regular dialer, second, we are looking for options for purchasing a new gadget.
Today you can find very acceptable options for both purchasing iPhone models, so very good models on Android.
Look according to your budget and capabilities. I want to say that you should not take out loans for the latest models. We collected a little and bought what we had enough money for.
Results
Of course, this is all just advice, and then you can decide for yourself what is best for you to do. But the fact that you can’t turn on the Siri assistant on iPhone 4 is really sad.
The phone was good back in 2010. But a lot of time has passed and technology has moved very far forward. In fact, you can slowly send it to a museum.