Why waste your time trying to perform your numerous tasks at once when you can simply make use of your iOS virtual assistant to perform most of your minor activities and task. You probably would have heard of Siri from either a friend or a family member and you’re wondering what this Siri is all about and how it works. You’re on a right track then as we’ll be discussing Siri in today’s write-up and everything you need to know about it.
What is Siri?
Siri is a virtual assistant that comes with Apple Products such as iOS, iPad, WatchOS, TVOS, and many more. It is quite similar to Google Assistant which is compatible with most Android devices. Siri was designed to enable all iOS device users to carry out their tasks with ease and to make their various activities stress-free. The virtual assistant supports a wide range of user commands such as performing phone action, checking basic information, scheduling events, searching the internet, and more. It makes use of gesture-based control, focus tracking, natural language user interface which enables them to answer questions, make recommendations and perform all your task. You can do everything and anything with this virtual assistant and also customize your own.
What Can Siri Do?
As earlier mentioned, Siri can perform numerous tasks for you thereby helping you to reduce your task load. With Siri on your device, you can make calls or send a text message while your hands are full with one task or the other. It can announce your message and you can stay in touch with people that matter most effortlessly. In addition, the Virtual Assistant can help you discover unknown callers for those who don’t have the True caller app. Everything is easy and fast with Siri as you get to set alarms, timers, and reminders with ease.
Looking for direction through a particular road while driving or walking, you can ask Siri for help. It is one of the fastest and easiest shortcuts to access all your apps. You can now listen to your favorite songs without searching for them, simply tell Siri to play the song you wish to listen and it will immediately start playing. When you need answers to different questions, you can quickly get answers by asking Siri. It has been built in all iOS and iPadOS devices to provide users with ease. What can be done with Siri is quite extensive and all cannot be mentioned.
How Does Siri Work?
Siri is a built-in virtual Assistant available for all Apple Product users such as iOS, iPadOS, and more. It is however based on Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing. According to research, it comprises of three main components which include Conventional Interface, Personal Context-awareness, and Service delegation. While the Conventional Interface has to do with how the virtual assistant understands its users. Personal context-awareness helps to detect what you’re saying. Lastly, the Service delegation system deals in accessing all the built-in apps and their inner workings on your iPhone. This is how Siri does the entire task and without this access, it will be a rubbish assistant.
What Language Does Siri Speak or Understand?
Siri can speak and also understand different languages such as English, Spanish, Australia, Canada, India, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Thai, Portuguese, French, New Zealand, Swedish, and a lot more.
How to Set Up Hey Siri on Your Apple Device
If you haven’t set Up the Hello Siri Feature on your Apple device, you don’t need to panic. You can follow the steps and guidelines below on how to set up Siri on your device;
- Launch the Setting App on your iOS device
- Scroll down setting and click on Siri and Search
- Tap on Enable to Listen for Hey Siri
- Siri will then ask you to train
- Click on continue to train her
- Say each command that appears on your Screen
Finally, click on DONE to complete the Set-Up process. Now, you can start using Siri on your Apple device to carry out your minor task with ease.
How to Change Siri’s Language
If you have successfully enabled Siri on your Apple device and you wish to change its Language. You can follow the step and guidelines below;
- Launch the Apple Setting App on your device
- Scroll down the setting and tap on Siri and Search
- Navigate down the Siri and Search page and tap on Language
- Now, you can change the Language to your preferred language
Following the above steps and guidelines, you will be able to change the Siri Language to your preferred language. It is worthy to note that, Siri can be accessed on Apple devices such, as iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Airpod, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV, and more.