Siri was the first virtual assistant launched on the market, giving Steve Jobs a blow on the table again in terms of innovation, revolution and quality of its services. However, with the passage of time, Apple‘s virtual assistant has lagged a bit behind previous generations. But are you sure that it has been left behind? In this article we are going to see it.
Surely you did not know this about Siri
Siri can send just about anything you’re viewing. Among its functions, the possibility of sending a web page to another co-worker through the command “Hey Siri, send this page to Antonio” stands out. However, this feature is only available for the Messages app. Also, from Siri, we can send files from native Apple applications, for example, Apple Music , where you can send any song or video clip and even to other messaging networks like WhatsApp.
You can send screenshots through Siri, through the command “Hey Siri, send this screenshot to Javi Zaldivar”. By default, as with web page links, Siri uses the Messages app to send the images. Siri’s translator also works great as you can ask Siri to translate any message for us from most countries. Not only does it allow you to translate your message, but it also makes a transcription of it.
Finally, you can ask Siri to search for our iPhone from another Apple device, be it the Mac, iPad or Apple Watch. Immediately afterwards, a sound begins to play so that you can locate the device, in other words, it is like an AirTag, but with Siri. Also, the combination of Siri and AirTags is perfect, where you can ask Siri to search for any device that you have linked to the AirTags.
Siri, great friend of Safari and Reminders
Siri is smarter than you think, and if you’re having a conversation with your friend or your parents and you’re not sure of an answer, you can ask Siri to find it for you. To do this, you can ask him to provide you with a series of photos from Safari or the web page where the doubt is raised. For example: Hey Siri, is the Colosseum in Rome or Milan?
Another great feature of Siri is when we are browsing Safari and you have seen a news from ITIGIC or a news from the latest release of Apple TV+, but you can’t read it right now or want to read it later. You can ask Siri to save both links in the Reminders app. In this way, you can send to reminders the news that you cannot read now or that you want to read more carefully later.
You can also enhance this reminder function from the Apple Mail application , because if you have an email and want to read it later, you can tell Siri to remind you of the email for two hours or a couple of days. When that time has elapsed, you get a reminder and if you click on it, it takes you directly to the Mail application. In short, Siri is a better virtual assistant than you think and surely these features will make you see Siri again with better eyes, and don’t be so envious of Alexa or Cortana.