If you’re like most people, you probably use Siri to ask questions and get information. But there’s another way to use Siri that you may not know about: You can expand the Siri suggestions menu on your iPhone and iPad. To do this, open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and select “General” from the top left corner. Then select “Siri.” Under “Suggestions,” you’ll see a new tab called “Expand.” Click on it to open it up. Now, under “Suggestions,” you’ll see a list of all of the things that have been said to Siri so far. If you want to add something yourself, just type in a question or phrase and hit return. But if you just want to remove something from the list, just click on it and it will be removed from your suggestions menu.
Here’s a quick, small tip for iPhone and iPad owners that is easy to miss. When you bring up the Spotlight search screen, you can expand Siri Suggestions and get an extra row of results. Here’s how.
First, swipe downward with one finger in the middle of your iPhone or iPad’s home screen to bring up Spotlight search.
When Spotlight pops up, you’ll see “Siri Suggestions” listed just below the search bar (unless you previously turned them off).
The top section lists icons of your most frequently used apps. Normally, there’s only one row visible. To see more icons, tap the arrow beside the “Siri Suggestions” heading (It looks like a sideways caret or a greater-than symbol.).
After you tap the arrow, another row of app icons will appear just below the first row that you saw earlier.
Once it’s expanded, the app suggestions menu will stay that way every time you bring up Spotlight unless you tap the arrow again to collapse the menu. If you’d like to run one of the suggested apps, just tap its icon.
And that’s it! That’s the tip. So simple and seemingly obvious, and yet, easy to miss.
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How to Disable Siri Suggestions
We mentioned disabling Siri Suggestions earlier. If you find that you don’t like them and want to turn them off on the spotlight screen, just open Settings and navigate to Siri & Search. Tap the switch beside “Suggestions on Home Screen” to disable “Siri Suggestions.”
After that, exit Settings, and you won’t see “Siri Suggestions” on the Spotlight screen anymore.
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