Siri
Ask your phone
Siri is Apple's voice-activated virtual assistant, introduced in 2011.
Users speak commands or questions—Hey Siri, what's the weather? —and the software responds with information or performs tasks like setting alarms, sending messages, or playing music.
The name has become shorthand for talking to your phone: Just ask Siri.
Cupertino tech giant
- iPhoneApple mobile device
- iPadApple's tablet device
- hands-freeOperable without holding
- smart speakerAudio device with AI
iOS · dictation · wake word · AirPods · Apple Watch · CarPlay · macOS · voice control
Request for information
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- requestFormal act of seeking
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- answerSolution to query
prompt · activation · trigger · conversation · listening · misheard · pronunciation · accent
Duration-tracking mechanism
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
- callContact by phone
text · calendar · music · search · translation · reminders · notes · calculations
Apple
Cupertino tech giant
- iPhoneApple mobile device
- iPadApple's tablet device
- hands-freeOperable without holding
smart speaker · iOS · dictation · wake word · AirPods · Apple Watch · CarPlay · macOS · voice control · Spotlight
query
Request for information
answer · prompt · activation · trigger · conversation · listening · misheard · pronunciation · accent · voice recognition
timer
Duration-tracking mechanism
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
call · text · calendar · music · search · translation · reminders · notes · calculations · trivia
- mobile techiOS, Android, iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy
- smartphonesSamsung, smartphone, cellphone, Google, mobile phone
- AppleiPhone, iPad, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Air
- remote controluniversal remote, infrared remote, remote control, remote, controller
- smart techAI, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks
- Apple SoftwareSafari, FaceTime, Pages, Numbers, Keynote
Individual administrative assistant
live operator · executive assistant · receptionist · real person · butler
SiriGoogle Assistant
Voice-activated digital aide
Alexa · Cortana · Google Home · Echo
- Sirius Black
- Sirius XMSubscription satellite broadcaster