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iPhone

Voice Control

Want to make a call or play music? Just ask.

Tell iPhone who to call.

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Maybe you want to call your friend Elliot. Or you want to dial the number for that apartment listing you just saw. With Voice Control, just say “Call Elliot” or “Call 555-1234,” and iPhone makes the call. It recognizes the names in your Contacts list, so it can find and call anyone you want. And iPhone repeats your voice commands to confirm them before it dials.

play button Say a name to make a call

Request some music.

Voice Control knows the music in your library, too. You can ask iPhone to play a specific album, artist, or playlist. If you say “play more songs like this,” it will activate the Genius feature. If you’re not sure what’s playing, just ask “what’s playing?” and your iPhone will tell you.

play button Say an artist’s name to play music

Speak your own language.

Voice Control supports the following languages:

  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (China)
  • Chinese (Taiwan)
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English (Australian)
  • English (UK)
  • English (U.S.)
  • Finnish
  • French (Canada)
  • French (France)
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Russian
  • Spanish (Mexico)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Swedish