iPad User Magazine - UK (2019-04)

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Tame Siri and Search

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AniOS 12 device

With the introduction of iOS 12

came a bunch of improvements

and customisations for Siri &

Search that improve your iPad

andiPhone’s helpfulness.

After using iOS 12 for a while, it’ll suggest

actions on the Lock screen when you wake

yourdevice. Those are the result of on-device

intelligence that learns about your usage – not

justof Apple’s own software, but third-party

appstoo. If an app has been updated to work

with this, suggestions may be very specific,

such as ‘Show my recent contacts’ in Cardhop

or ‘Schedule for today’ in Fantastical.

Siri takes repetition, the time of day and

your location into account for its suggestions.

As well as the Lock screen, suggestions can

appear in iOS’s search results and in iOS’s

Look Up feature. You may want to stop info

from some apps leaking out onto the Lock

screen in particular, so we’ll show you how.

Make it more personal

It’s possible to assign personalised voice

commands to suggestions. If you’ve turned

on Type to Siri (see step 7) to avoid speaking

to your phone in public, typing those phrases

may seem like a lot of work. So, add iOS’s

Text Replacement feature into the mix.

By doing that, rather than type even short

commands like ‘Text the boss’, you can have

iOS replace stuff like ‘#txboss’ with ‘Text <your

boss’s full name>’. Boom! This requires some

extra thought to prepare, but it means you

can still perform complex actions with a few

key taps instead of jumping to and around

another app manually. Alan Stonebridge

Geniustip!

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Settings> Siri& Search.

iOS Siri Suggestions