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Say the wake word and your command all in one go. This also helps prevent errors in processing. Make phone calls: "Call Mom." Hang up a call: "Hang up." Send messages: "Send a message to Steve" or "Ask Dad, where are the keys?" Read back previous messages: "Read back previous messages." Get directions: "Get directions home" Play music: "Play music I like" or "Play 'Georgia' by Vance Joy." Stop music: "Stop playing" or "Play something else." Ping nearby devices: "Where is my iPhone." Set a timer: "Set a timer for 10 minutes" and set multiple timers by naming them, "Set a noodle timer for 8 minutes." Check on a timer: "How much time is left on the timer?" Stop an alarm: "Stop" or "Stop the alarm" or add a person's name if their device is alarming and belongs to your Apple Home. Control HomeKit devices: "Turn on the lights" when commanding a HomePod in the room you'd like to turn the lights on in. Or, provide a zone, "Turn on the lights downstairs." Set a Reminder: "Remind me of this" for something you're looking at in an app like Safari. Or "Remind me to take out the trash when I get home." Take a photo with the Camera app: "take a photo" or "take a selfie." Play media: "Play the next episode of 'Ted Lasso'" or "Start playing 'Prehistoric Planet' in the Living Room." Ask for information: general queries can be thrown at Siri, and results will vary. "When did 'Cinderella come out?" or "When is the next showing of 'Super Mario Brothers The Movie?'" or "What day does Easter fall on?" or "What's the Redsocks score?" Create Calendar events: "Create a Calendar event on April 14 for a doctors appointment at 3 p.m." Calculations and random chance: "What is 4,400 divided by 3?" or "Flip a coin" or "roll a dice" or "roll two dice." Activate Shazam: "What song is this?"