Provocative questions from Siri. Apple's Siri voice assistant

Despite four years of waiting, users are exploring the capabilities of Russian-speaking Siri with interest. Surely, the personal assistant will have significantly more fans after its release of the public version of iOS 8.3.

It must be said that Siri can not only listen, but also respond. Unlike other tongue-tied assistants, Apple's development is very adaptive and intelligent in its approach to conversation. These are not just requests and template execution of actions, but full-fledged dialogues with jokes. We have collected some of the funniest examples on the Internet.

Siri has answers not only to classic requests, for example, to dial someone or launch an application. She even tries to read minds:

Siri operates according to its own rules and adheres to certain principles. She even has laws that she probably follows from time to time:

In addition to some naive jokes and quite original answers, the voice assistant can tell fairy tales:

As befits a faithful assistant, Siri is always ready to help the smartphone owner. She is so attentive that she doesn’t even have time to sleep. Apparently, even your own fairy tales cannot serve as a reason to take a little break:

But, apparently, sometimes she can allow herself to be distracted from her direct responsibilities in order to have fun:

Siri is quite evasive on some issues:

She tolerates flattery:

Although she is not ready to move to the next stage of the relationship. Moreover, her answer hints that there are many people willing, but she is alone:

Despite the fact that her task is to help find the answer to almost any questions, she simply ignores some:

Siri doesn't like to talk about herself:

Although, Siri doesn’t really like competitors and is even slightly offended if you don’t address her the way she’s used to:

Some of her answers can reach the depths of the soul, you just need to find the right approach:

As a bonus, Siri sings songs:

On the one hand, the usefulness of such comments and answers is questionable, since the smartphone is designed to help the user quickly complete certain tasks, and not distract him with lengthy conversations about nothing. On the other hand, this feature of the voice assistant acts as a kind of “trick” that, at a minimum, looks fresh. In addition, such capabilities, although programmed, can find more functional applications with the development of artificial intelligence. Until then, Siri jokes will remain another way of entertainment for owners of Apple gadgets.

Last year, Siri received support for the Russian language, after which the questions “What should I ask Siri?” are becoming even more relevant. This one has long been distinguished not only by his wit and erudition, but also by the lack of support for the Russian language. But after they began to improve the “polyglot” abilities of Apple’s voice assistant, fans of this company’s smartphones decided to inject some functionality. So, here is a list of the most interesting and useful commands for this voice assistant.

How to make Siri control music?

Siri is not a trained dog, but an intelligent voice assistant capable of understanding human speech instead of simply recognizing commands. So whatever you want to say to your iPhone, you can say it and you will be heard. What to ask Siri? As an example, offer to listen to music or play the next song.

Moreover, the variety of commands is the same as the number of possible actions. For example, you can ask the voice assistant not only to start the next song, but also to play music of a certain genre or artist. If you wish, you can ask Siri to launch a specific playlist, and it will understand what you said in free form.

Search contacts

Siri can now speak all the data that you have long ago entered into your contacts in Russian. With these numbers you can perform a variety of actions. For example, you can call, send an SMS, and even ask when a friend or colleague’s birthday is. If fields such as an address are specified, you can even build a route to the house of the person who is lucky enough to be in your phone book. Here's what you can ask Siri!

And all data should also be voiced in any form. You don't need to memorize hundreds of commands, it's just important to roughly understand what you want to ask, and the assistant will hear you.

Telephone

Siri supports a huge number of phone book-related features. This is not only the banal “call”, but also “call your mobile”, “dial a specific number”, “call an ambulance”. You can also ask Siri if you have missed calls, and also ask to call back the last number. This brings the use of a smartphone to the level of old push-button models in the best sense of the word.

After all, before it was very easy to call the last number: you pressed the call button twice and you didn’t even have to look at the screen. Of course, communicating with Siri will take a little more time, but the assistant’s commands are so clear that the question “What should I ask Siri?” should not occur after reading this article and becoming familiar with the basic capabilities of the program.

Launching programs

You can also ask Siri to launch any of the installed applications from the AppStore. If you installed a program for communicating with friends on VKontakte, you can simply ask to launch it without even wasting time on unlocking the device. However, if the iPhone is protected with a password or fingerprint, you will still need to confirm them before launching the program. That is, you won’t be able to take advantage of such a loophole, as happens in some Android phones.

What's the funny thing you can ask Siri?

Naturally, Siri is known to the masses not only as a functional voice assistant, but also as an excellent comedian. You can ask this assistant a lot of nonsense that will amuse a person who has just picked up an iPhone. Here is a short list of such requests:

Just say "Hello" to Siri. She has some interesting answers in store.
What's an interesting thing to ask Siri? Of course, she doesn't know if this is really an interesting question, but why not say something like "guess what?" Such a phrase may be discouraging to an ordinary person, but Siri is not at a loss and answers very coolly. How? Try for yourself what cards to reveal.
You can also tell Siri about the need to urgently pour a glass of high-quality, expensive alcohol into your mouth. Just say: “Siri, I need vodka.” She won't answer anything funny, but she will tell you where to go. Although earlier she answered “Everything is fine.”

Try saying something else. When it comes to what to ask Siri in Russian, you need to be as creative as possible. It’s much more interesting to look for possible questions yourself and enjoy the answers to them from the iPhone’s voice assistant.

A short list of things to ask Siri

If, however, you still treat Siri as a full-featured voice assistant and don’t think about asking it about any nonsense, then here is a short list of the voice assistant’s capabilities. Remember that all questions are asked in free form, so there should be no problems with recognition.

Showing people with the same name.
Assign a relationship that that person is one of your parents, and so on.
Message and calendar management.
Postal operations.
Weather.

As well as a number of other interesting features that will make life easier. So Siri may not be much needed. But if you communicate using a headset, then life cannot exist without it.

One of the most significant innovations has appeared for Russian-speaking iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users in recent months. The Russian-language Siri has been awaited for so long that many have managed to learn English and “make friends” with the original voice assistant. But now all that remains is to wait for the official release of iOS 8.3 and every Russian-speaking owner of an Apple mobile device will be able to talk to a personal assistant.

And while iOS 8.3 is in beta status, we can take the time to familiarize ourselves with the available commands for Siri. It is with their help that the voice assistant will be able to fully reveal its potential and become a real assistant, understanding everything in one phrase. In this article we will publish a complete list of voice commands for Russian-language Siri, each of which leads to the execution of a specific request.

Working with the contact book

Siri allows you to specify the names of relatives by giving them appropriate titles, for example:

My mother - Nina Nikolaevna
My sister - Katya

After making such assignments, you can dial the required contacts as follows:

Call my sister
Call my mom on her cell phone
Call Sveta
What is Anna Petrovna's address?
What is Denis' email address?
Show Oleg Olegovich
What is Nina's phone number?
Find people named Eugene
Search contacts

Note: you can call any name written in your contact book

Phone calls

Call Sveta
Call Sveta at work
Call Sveta on her mobile phone
Dial [phone_number]
Call the helpline (police/ambulance/fire department)
Show me my call history
Call the last number
Do I have missed calls?
Do I have new messages on my answering machine?

Text messages

Say to Ivan: “Hi, how are you?”
Send a message to Oleg
Tell Inna “Everything was wonderful, thanks for dinner”
Send Evgeniy a message to work “See you tomorrow”
Write an SMS “Come to me” to Anton and Peter
Send a message to [phone_number]
Read my new messages
Read the last message again
Answer: “No!”
Call him
Read the latest message from Inna

Application management

Launch Camera
Play Doodle Jump
Open Instagram

Music control

Listen to Go Slow by HAIM
Enable Bob Dylan
Put on the Hey Jude album and mix it up
Put playlist [Playlist_name]
Listen
Pause
Skip

Manage the Calendar application

Schedule a meeting for 8 a.m.
Meeting with Anton at 10 am
Create a meeting with investors the day after tomorrow at 8 pm
New meeting with Oleg at 8:30
Schedule a business lunch today at 14:00
Reschedule your business lunch until tomorrow
Add Inna to the meeting with Oleg
Cancel the meeting with Oleg
What do I have planned for Monday?
When is my next meeting?
What do I have left for today?
When is my next meeting?
When do I have a meeting with Oleg?

Mail management

Sending letters
Write to Evgeny about the meeting tomorrow at 20:00
Write to Inna: “I’ll be there in 10 minutes”
Write to your brother about a hockey match
Write a letter to Alexey and say: “Everything is fine!”
Show letters about work
Show me yesterday's letter from your boss
Answer: “No. I won't take out the trash"
Call him at home number

Card management

Get directions to work
Route to St. Petersburg
Route to brother's house
How to get from Moscow to Saransk?
How to walk to the house?
We haven't arrived yet?
What's the next turn?
When I arrive?
Find a gas station
Show me Red Square
Show me [Address]
Find a cafe nearby
Where is the nearest airport?

Clock management

Wake me up tomorrow at 6 am
Set your alarm for 6 am
Wake me up in 7 hours
Change my alarm clock from 6 to 6.15
Turn off the alarm at 6.15
Remove the alarm clock at 6.45
Turn off all my alarms
What date is today?
What date will it be this Saturday?
What time is it in London now?
Set a timer for 20 minutes
Show me my timer
Pause the timer
Stop the timer
Start the timer again
Reset the timer

Manage the Weather app

What is the weather today?
What's the weather forecast for tomorrow evening?
What is the current weather in St. Petersburg?
How many degrees will it be in Moscow on Friday?
How many degrees is it outside now?
What time will the sun set in Minsk today?
Is it windy today?
Do I need an umbrella today?

Managing notes

Search on the Internet

Find wooden doors on the Internet
Find repair recommendations
Google the history of Napoleon
Search the Internet for the best works of Pushkin
Find photos of Pallas's cat
Show video of ball lightning
What's new in Moscow?

Siri can also answer ordinary questions, the answers to which the assistant takes on the Internet. You can ask the voice assistant anything you want, and he will try to answer every request as clearly and correctly as possible.

Almost every person on planet Earth is well aware that there is a company called Apple. With every update to its iOS mobile platform, the company tries to surprise and delight users. The Siri assistant algorithm has been redesigned relatively recently. Now this virtual mind has become much smarter. But what is much more interesting is that the robot was equipped with a very good sense of humor. What can you ask Siri to make you laugh? The list of requests is unusually wide. But first, let's look at the main features of this assistant.

What is Siri?

By the way, this question can be asked to the assistant himself. And he will answer in a humorous way. Because asking a lady such things is the height of indecency. However, let's leave the jokes and get down to business seriously. Siri is a mobile assistant that is designed to help the user find the information they need. It is somewhat similar to a similar assistant from Google. However, it makes no sense to compare them, since the brainchild of Google does not have such wide capabilities, lacks a sense of humor and has no intelligence at all. It's just a regular search engine with voice activation.

It is worth noting that before updating the mobile platform to version 8.3, Siri was completely unable to speak Russian. Using the assistant was the prerogative of English-speaking users. However, domestic mobile technology lovers have also been waiting for this opportunity. At first, Siri wrote Russian a little strangely. The localization was clearly lame. But with subsequent updates the situation was corrected. So, what can you ask Siri to lift your mood? There can be quite a few answers to this question. The main thing is to understand what exactly can cause an inadequate reaction from the assistant.

Offer to dance

Of course, this is strange, but the assistant’s answers to this unusual proposal can definitely please you. Moreover, not only Russian Siri can answer in this vein. What to ask specifically?

There is one interesting story. A user once asked his assistant to dance. To which Siri responded literally like this: “Who, me? Yes, from birth I have two left legs, or both right legs, or none at all!” Agree, a very original answer. And this is the main difference between this assistant and other assistants.

Other artificial intelligence responses to an offer to dance are also known. Among them: “I choose sirtaki, although you hardly know this dance,” “Okay, you lead,” and so on. However, this is far from the only opportunity to have fun with Siri. There are several more commands that can cheer up the user.

Reaction to insults

Siri is a completely adequate female assistant who reacts appropriately to direct insults. Artificial intelligence may well respond in such a way that the degree of tension can be reduced. For example, to the phrase “You’re a loser,” Siri will respond with the balanced phrase “I’m trying.” If you ask your assistant to shut up, she will respond with the colorless phrase “It’s not nice.” In general, the machine reacts in exactly the same way as a living person would. There is only one difference: it is impossible to get punched in the face from her for insults. So you can get away with it as much as you want.

What can you ask Siri without offending her and making her laugh? The answer to this question is ambiguous. You can, for example, make fun of Apple. The assistant does not welcome this, but tries to remain within the bounds of decency. It’s good that it’s just a car, otherwise the consequences would be even more tragic.

Apple Talk

This is exactly the topic that is interesting to most users and completely unacceptable for Siri. To the glaring question of who Steve Jobs is, Siri responds with a direction to the Apple website page dedicated to Jobs. The referral is accompanied by the phrase "Thanks for asking about Steve, here is his page on the Apple website."

If someone really wants to pester an assistant, then they can ask about what’s wrong with the Apple corporation. The assistant will answer this question with restraint: “Really, I don’t know, Master.”

But to the question of what is the best tablet, Siri will answer without hesitation: “Well, there is an iPad... And also... Oh, no, only the iPad.” The situation is approximately the same with computers. Siri only recognizes "Macs". Considering the general development trend of the company from Cupertino, there is nothing surprising here.

Here's the answer to what to ask Siri. The jokes don't end there. Now let's look at uncategorized commands. They cannot be classified as one type or another. Therefore, about them separately.

Other requests

Naturally, this is not all of the assistant’s capabilities. Like any woman, Siri loves to chat. You just need to know what to ask. The most popular entertainment for iPhone owners is listening to fairy tales performed by an assistant. If you ask Siri politely, she will tell you a story about herself. As for singing, the assistant has problems with this. Siri denies himself with phrases like “I got a D in singing, I confused the notes C and Ri,” “I can’t sing,” and “You know I don’t have a voice.”

If you tell the assistant that you are drunk, Siri will complain that neither of you will be able to drive and will offer to call a taxi. The reaction to the request to help hide the body is very interesting. The assistant will respond with the question “What, again?” There is another answer to the question of what to ask Siri. The Rock Johnson (the one that is Dwayne) turns out to be the assistant's favorite actor. Therefore, he does not react quite adequately to jokes about this actor.

Conclusion

So, what can you ask Siri just for fun? There are many answers to this question. In principle, you can ask anything. This assistant has an excellent sense of humor. Therefore, Siri is quite capable of coming up with a sparkling and humorous answer to almost any question. If the assistant doesn’t like the question, then various phrases are used to evade a direct answer. From these answers it is immediately clear that we have a female assistant. Because only women know how to evade a direct question so skillfully. Be that as it may, Siri is a new milestone in the development of artificial intelligence. Apple managed to create a full-fledged assistant with its own personality. No other company has achieved this yet. This is why the company’s devices are loved and appreciated. Despite the fact that Yabloko has been making unforgivable mistakes lately.

Apple's voice assistant, which is found in almost every iPhone and iPad, is bored without attention in Russia. Without knowing the Russian language, Siri, with all the breadth of its capabilities, is not of much interest to our compatriots. We expect that soon the virtual personality will learn the great and mighty. In this case, you need to get acquainted with its capabilities in advance. Colleagues from Business Insider have selected the most impressive and interesting voice assistant functions that you will definitely want to try.

Siri works with . If you now tell your assistant “Wolfram planes overhead,” you can see the flights that are in the sky above you at the moment.

Siri can easily tell you how many calories are in the food you eat, all you have to do is ask.

Are you registering on the site and want to come up with a secure password? Siri will do this for you by asking “Wolfram, password.”

Give yourself a funny nickname and tell Siri it. Just say that you should now be called “mighty lord”, and communicating with the voice assistant will become noticeably more fun.

Do you know Morse code? Siri can teach you any word.

Siri will happily read your latest incoming message and answer for you. Time to forget about the keyboard.

Siri mispronouncing your name? Feel free to point out the mistake to her. The voice assistant will happily learn and improve.

Have you sat down at a card table and discovered that you don’t have enough knowledge to play? Siri has all the necessary knowledge.

Adding a new reminder is as easy as asking someone to remind you. Ask Siri, she definitely won't forget.

Are you driving and don’t want to search for the track you need on your smartphone yourself? Siri will find it for you and start playing.

If finding the icon you want on your device's home screen isn't such an easy task, ask Siri to open the app for you. This does not work with all applications, but, for example, it will do a great job with searching for “Settings”.

Sometimes Siri misunderstands you. Especially when you have to speak a language that is not your native one. You shouldn’t try to repeat the entire phrase; just a simple tap can edit what the voice assistant has recognized.

Finished talking to Siri and can't close the dialog box by pressing a key? Just say goodbye to Siri.

Based on materials from Business Insider