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Searching by text and voice

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The name of one of
your contacts.

If there is a single
match, Contacts
opens with details
about your contact.
Or if there is more
than one match,
you’re prompted to
pick a contact.

“Mike LeBeau”

“Call” followed by the
digits of a phone
number

Phone calls the
phone number you
spoke.

“Call 650 555 1234”

“Call” followed by a
business name

Voice Search
searches Maps for a
matching business
and then calls it.

“Call Native Here
Nursery”

“Go to” followed by a
search string or URL

Voice Search
searches for a match-
ing web site and if it
finds one, opens its
URL in Browser. Oth-
erwise, it opens the
result of a Google
search in the Browser.

“Go to Google.com”

“Send SMS”
or
“Send text”

“To” one or more con-
tacts
“Message” followed
by the message you
want to send (speak
any punctuation you
want to include)

Voice Search opens a
panel where you can
complete the mes-
sage before sending
via the Messenger
application.

“Send text to Hugh
Briss, message, I
can’t wait to show
you my new shoes,
period”

Say

Followed by one or
more optional
words

Results

Examples