When I first got my iPhone (and then my iPad), I learned about the ‘search’ feature, and thought it was extremely silly and unnecessary. After all, I thought, all you have to do is just glance over your apps and touch the one you want to open. How hard is that?
Well, fast forward several years, and my devices are now LOADED with apps, folders full of apps and pages full of folders. I’ll admit that I’ve used the search feature many times to find a particular app that was hiding deep in some folder.
(if you need a refresher on how to search your device, just click here.)
But now I’ve found an even easier way to open an app that I can’t find……
I just ask Siri to do it! Easy, breezy.
Just ask her: “Open ‘name of app‘”. The device will close the black Siri screen, briefly flash a page of apps, and then open the particular app that you asked for. Like magic. 🙂
Try it!
Ask Siri to “Open Pandora” or “Open Words with Friends” or whatever other app you’d like to try.
Thank you, Siri. I’ll never have to hunt for anything on my iPhone or iPad, again. 
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I love Siri 🙂
Me, too!!! 🙂
I love you siri
Siri and I have a love hate relationship. Did you know you can change her voice to his voice? That’s what I did lol.
I tried that a long time ago, but changed it back. I don’t remember what he sounded like. I’ll have to try, again! 🙂
Hope you are having a wonderful New Year so far, Cathy. Keep up the great posts. 🙂
Wishing you a wonderful New Year, as well, Marsha. 🙂
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Only found out about Siri over Christmas (little behind the times, I fear). Anyway, great to know you can ask her to open apps. Wishing you a wonderful, prosperous and happy new year
Wishing you a wonderful New Year, as well!! Always so good to see you here! 🙂
Great tip…My husband is just starting to use my ipad mini to read and he was having trouble using the buttons to open kindle…..This tip has fixed that!!!! Thanks
I’m so glad this is helpful for you (and him!) 🙂
I am DEFINITELY going to explore this one!!!!!! Huge thx!
Great! It’s very handy. I find myself using Siri more and more often for things like this.
Again…..thnx!!!!!
Great! Now if Siri can help me remember the names, I’d be set. Ahhhh, the wonders of getting old(er).
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Ah…. you have pointed out the biggest problem. When I was practicing, I thought “I’ll have it open that card game that I do …. ” but for the life of me I could not think of what it was called!!! Kind of makes the whole “ask Siri” thing worthless, then, huh. Yes … the wonders of aging…. 🙂
Need a little Lumosity practice. 😉