Although unfortunately there are many times that he does not understand us, there are many questions that can be asked to Siri through our iPhone. However, the assistant had a shortcoming until not long ago and that is that it could not be used without an internet connection, something that fortunately has changed. Of course, it cannot do the same as having a connection, so in this post we review what Siri can do for us.
Commands to use with Siri without internet
As standard, Siri is capable of performing many actions without having a WiFi or mobile data connection. And they are fundamentally those that already do not require the wizard to consult data on the network. For example, to make voice calls to any of your contacts, in the same way that you can set alarms or add reminders . Although, yes, for the latter you will have to have a network again to synchronize with iCloud.
You can also change some parameters of the iPhone related to certain settings, such as activating the dark mode or asking it to activate or deactivate Bluetooth. Opening applications will also be in the hands of Siri, although it will be of little use to open them if they require internet. You can also talk to the assistant in a normal way asking him for some classics like telling you a joke.
It should be noted that you can invoke the assistant through the corresponding button assigned for it or through the now legendary voice command “Hey Siri” followed by the action you want to ask. There are several more actions that you can ask of it, although you should always have the latest version of iOS to ensure that Siri is already fully functional in these actions when you do not have internet.
What the wizard won’t be able to do offline
However, that Siri does not work for you on the iPhone for some actions is even understandable, since they still need an internet connection for this. Some of the actions that cannot be carried out are asking the assistant to make a call via FaceTime or to tell you what the weather is like . The first of them for obvious reasons, since they are calls that are made via the internet, while the second is because the assistant collects the weather data of the app from online sources.
Nor will you be able to execute commands related to HomeKit accessories, since it is even necessary that you be on the same WiFi network as these. Nor can you ask him to play a certain song from a streaming platform and not even having it downloaded. And, as is obvious, neither does any query that requires Siri to use the network , such as a demographic data of a city, the age of a famous person and a long etcetera.
In any case, we believe it is remarkable that the assistant is finally able to function without internet. Some of the actions that we mentioned in the first section are too simple to require having internet on the iPhone to execute them. Therefore, even if it took a few years, better late than never.
