Artificial intelligence is one of the fastest-growing new forms of Tech in today’s world. Initially, this AI tech is commonly found in robotics engineering like the robotic arm used in car and machine assembly. Now, almost every technology we know in the last decade is now being incorporated with AI and robotic-like assistance. These types of incorporation improve our tech gadgets in a way that makes them more smarter and responsive.
Talking about one of the most popular artificial intelligent virtual assistances that are programmed to communicate in speech with users; then we’ll talk about Siri and Alexa. They are types of AI that are trained on speech recognition, to receive a certain command and response. These commands are specific actions the AI can perform with your device.
For instance, you can use your gadget AI to start/stop, operate, and for other remote activities. Also, these features extend to your smartphones, let’s take a look at all the tips and tricks to go about using Siri.
Adjusting phone brightness
Trying to read something in sunlight and your automatic brightness is not on? You can long-press your lock button and simply activate Siri by saying “increase my phone brightness to (100%, 0%, 20%)” and it’s adjusted immediately and be increased or decreased with this feature.
Adjusting audio volume
Of course, adjusting your volume is easy, you just use the conventional buttons. You might not know, but you can also tell Siri to immediately put your volume on a certain level. This is very useful if you use an airport and your phone is not in reach; you can easily long-press and tell Siri “adjust my volume to 50%” without having to touch or use your phone to do so.
Siri Image search tips
Faster than opening a browser, just search for any image of an object or people by saying “image of (name or description). You can send your search images to someone on your contact or social apps, also, you can make the image specific with full descriptions; for instance, you can ask Siri for an “image of a curly brown dog” to be more specific.
Taking a screenshot
When you’re on any app or viewing some memes, you can simply ask Siri to take a screenshot; and not just that, you can send it directly to some of your messaging or social apps.
Getting the title of a song
It’s not news ios15 comes with shazam on the shortcut bar, but you can still use Siri to search for songs by asking “what song is this” and will listen to give you quick feedback details on the song.
Festival Reminder
You can ask Siri to tell you the “time until the next holiday” or “how many days to a particular festival” also, you can get Siri to remind you when it’s almost time.
Siri Translation Tip
Traveling or on a tour and want a quick translation or readout; tell Siri by saying “how do you say (word) in (language)” However, not all languages are present but the top 12 are.
Reading and Saving nickname
You can highlight text on the safari browser or notebook and tell Siri to read them to you. Also, you can tell Siri what you want him to call you like a nickname, and save it as your self-contact for your phone.
Siri Map Tips
Using Siri, you can do many things with your apple maps. This can help you to find locations, set reminders about events at a location, set reminders for calls when you’re at a specific location, get directions to local places, and find the best places around you. Another thing is, you can find any “near me services” around you like “computer repair near me” and it will show you trusted services.
Siri Sport Tips
Busy and don’t want to miss fixtures? Siri got you lol. You can quickly ask for updates about the latest upcoming games for a tournament, ask for active players in-game formation, ask for positions and formations, ask for score updates or match updates, and more.
More importantly, you should know you can use Siri to navigate or command any settings on your iPhone, also you can use it on most of the inbuilt apps on your phone. Siri will get only better in the future as it will have more responsibility to give and more app integrations.
