You’re a very social person and often can’t afford to have Siri speak out loud replied to your queries? Don’t worry you can configure the iOS virtual assistant to reply with text. How To: Settings -> Siri & Search -> Press Side Button for Siri. (iPhone 8 and earlier use the Home button for the same function) Simply disable Siri access via the Side button. You might prefer to use ‘Hey Siri’ and are annoyed by accidental Siri triggers caused by pressing & holding the Side button? This can be customized too. How To: Settings -> Accessibility -> Siri -> Always Listen for “Hey Siri” How To: Settings -> Siri & Search -> Listen for “Hey Siri”.įact: If you’re looking for the opposite effect, to make ‘Hey Siri’ even more receptive, you can enable an extra setting from the Accessibility menu that will instruct your iPhone to listen for the “Hey Siri” command even when they iPhone is facing down or is covered! You or someone in the close proximity of your iPhone can speak out something similar to ‘Hey Siri’ and your iPhone could wake up out of the blue. More, accidental triggers can be annoying. However, this can lead to additional load on your device’s battery. You can wake up Siri with the help of the ‘Hey Siri’ voice command. How To: Settings -> Siri & Search -> Allow Siri When Locked. You can enhance your privacy and change this permission from the Settings app. This means that it could be triggered by anyone that comes in the proximity of your device. Siri is configured by default to be accessible from the Lock Screen. How To: Settings -> Siri & Search -> Language. Some of the available languages are: English (many accents), French (multiple accents), German (various accents), Spanish (with accents), Chinese (with dialects), Hebrew, Japanese, Arabic and many others.
Note that both Siri will speak out the selected language, as well as your commands have to be dictated in the same dialect.
If you’re using a borrowed iPhone or you simply want to practice a foreign language you can make Siri French, German, Korean, Japanese and many more. How To: Settings -> Siri & Search -> Siri Voice. When it comes to the English language you can pick between American, Australian, British, Indian, Irish or South African accent. More, you can also opt for a specific accent. Apple has though about this and allows you to edit the gender of your virtual assistant. Some prefer to talk to a male, others to women. Improve privacy by preventing it from waking up when the device is locked, mute Siri when needed and much more.ħ Settings To Fine Tune Siri On Your iPhoneĮnhance your chemistry with Siri by setting the voice that you consider more friendly for your gender. You can change the gender, accent and the language of your virtual assistant. If you’re new to the iOS environment or an experienced user that needs a quick refresh, continue to read this article as we will go through seven settings that can make Siri more user-friendly for you. With each new iOS generation, the iPhone’s virtual assistant has also become a lot more configurable. Nowadays, Siri is proactive, provides search and app suggestions and can complete a lot of tasks. Each year Apple’s virtual assistant gets more and more functions and features. Siri was introduced to the iPhone starting with iOS 5, more exactly since October 12, 2011.
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