Siri - 6 hacks to make your life so much simpler

Whether you own an iPhone or not, you probably know about Siri - the smart voice-powered Apple assistant. Siri is supposed to do all that a personal assistant would, like, set reminders, schedule dates, make calls, find directions and more. However, Siri is not just any voice recognition software, especially when it comes to intelligence. You can literally ask Siri whatever you want and get a plausible response. 

Apart from the run-of-the-mill stuff, Siri can do some other pretty amazing things, and what's exciting is that she's only getting better and better. If you haven't tried these interesting hacks yet, go ahead and do it now....

1. Delete all alarms 

If you’re anything like us, your Alarm list has more entries than the number of hits Guns & Roses has given. Manually deleting all the ones you don’t use regularly? That takes too much time.Just command Siri to “delete all alarms.” Problem solved.

2. Turn on and off device settings 

“Turn off Bluetooth.” “Turn on Wi-Fi.” “Make the screen brighter/darker.” Anything you can get to by swiping up into the Control Center can be disabled or enabled with Siri. Just remember, she can’t function with Airplane Mode on, but she’ll still remind you of that if you try!

3. Make reservations

Making reservations has never been easier. Simply command Siri to “Make a reservation at an Italian restaurant for Sunday at 6 pm.” Using food apps, Siri will give you a list of the nearby restaurants that fit the bill, along with their rating, distance and available reservations. Click the one you’re interested in and you’ll get hours, contact information and a map. 

4. Control Your Music

If you have your music stored on your device, or you use iTunes Radio, Siri can make your listening experience almost completely hands free. “Play,” “Pause,” and “Skip” are obvious, but you can also specify artists, genres, playlists and shuffling. “Play The Black Keys shuffled.” “Don’t play this song again.” “Play some blues.” “Shuffle my driving playlist.”

5. Find Out What Planes Are Overhead

Asking Siri “What planes are overhead”  might be a complete waste of time, but it’s also a whole lot of fun. Using WolframAlpha, Siri will give you enough information to become an amateur air traffic controller (airline, flight number, plane, altitude, angle, etc)! How cool is that? 

6. Read your Whatsapp messages 

Last but not the least, the latest from Siri - you can now have her read your latest messages simply by saying: "Hey Siri, read new WhatsApp messages." To have full functionality for the feature, the users must be running iOS 10.3 and have "Hey Siri" enabled in the Settings.

How do you like to use this handy assistant? Comment below and let us know.