Siri Suggestions on iPhone: How to Turn Them on or off

What are Siri Suggestions

Thanks to the artificial intelligence it is equipped with, Siri is capable of making certain suggestions while using the iPhone to make the user experience much faster and more comfortable. And all this without the need to invoke it using its corresponding button or the well-known “Voice Hey Siri” command. It is available in various parts of the system.

In Safari

In the browser we can find several Siri functionalities. If you have set your favorite bookmarks as your home page, you will see that at the bottom the wizard suggests a series of websites based on your recent searches or sites visited. Also if you have received a link through Messages you can find access to it from there.

It is also possible to find suggestions in the search field and web address. If for example you write “go” you will see suggested websites that you visit regularly or that are popular, such as “Google”. It is also useful if you are looking for the name of an establishment such as shops and restaurants, although it must be said that Google also intervenes in this search box because it is the search engine of this browser.

There is also an interesting function to preload websites in the background . For example, if the best result of a search you do is the Apple website, you will see that when you want to enter it has taken less time to load the website because it was already loading previously. This may spend more mobile data on the account if you have a limited rate and do not always access those first results, but if not, it is a very important utility to navigate faster.

In Spotlight

This is the name of the iOS search engine that appears if you slide your finger down the screen. If you have Siri suggestions activated, you will be able to find recently opened applications or those that the assistant considers that you may want to open. If, for example, you usually open the Apple TV app at night to watch a series and access the search engine during those hours, possibly this app comes out as suggested.

Other suggestions

The wizard will also offer you smart suggestions in the following sections:

• On the locked screen you will receive useful suggestions for your routines, such as activating the alarm clock or starting a phone conversation.
• When you share any type of file such as photos, you will receive suggestions of possible recipients and applications through which to share it.
• When you leave for an event marked on the calendar, you can get information about traffic or public transport to arrive on time.
• Check the status of your flight if you are traveling by plane.
• Suggestions as you write . Of all kinds, from proper names to movie titles.
• When you confirm by email or web service that you will attend an event, you can add it to the calendar directly.

Turn suggestions on or off on iOS

If you want to check whether or not you have Siri suggestions activated, follow these steps:

• Open Settings.
• Go to Siri and Search.
• Go to the “Show Siri Suggestions” section.
• Activate or deactivate the options:
  • When searching.
  • On locked screen.
  • On home screen.
  • By sharing.
• If you want to establish search permissions with applications, you can enter them in this menu and activate or deactivate these options:
  • Suggest app.
  • Show the app in Search.
  • Show content in Search.
  • Suggest shortcuts for the app.

On the other hand, if you want to set Safari suggestions, you should do the following:

• Go to Settings.
• Click on Safari.
• Activate or deactivate the options:
  • Search engine suggestions.
  • Suggestion from Safari.
  • Preload best result.

Also within this last section, if you click on “Siri and Search”, you can give Safari permissions as an app so that the rest of Siri suggestions can also access the browser.