How To Use Siri With Apple Reminders

One of the best reasons for using Siri with Reminders is the way they integrate so seamlessly together. Here are a few basic commands you can use the get the most out of Siri’s help.
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[@medmankatowice]

I have been avoiding Siri; but you showed the power of Siri. I will now start to dabble with it. Thanks.

[@rikilvr873]

So useful. Thank you 😊

[@waleedmuhammad7393]

You should have more subscribers, thanks for sharing such an amazing list of videos. LOVE FROM SAUDI ARABIA

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you, Waleed.

[@ikhaledabbas]

Thanks for helpful tutorial video I like how you categorized your reminders lists and the efficiency of how you are using Siri with Reminders 🙏🏻

[@Carl_Pullein]

Glad it was helpful, Khaled

[@jeffrey9135]

Hey Carl. Nice video. Why do you ultimately prefer todoist even though you use Apple products and it doesn’t work with Siri? I looked at todoist and it seems awesome but the ability to make a reminder while driving with Siri and Apple reminders helps me keep honest about “never storing things in my head” instead of my system. How do you manage this without voice support and todoist? Thanks

[@anthonyosullivan4730]

Carl , please don’t stop doing these captions, your awesome.😃🇮🇪

[@karanmaher]

Loved the video. I was looking for ideas on how to better use Siri with reminders, calendars and notes.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Notes + Siri coming next week :-)

[@pravinwagh6986]

Wonderful as usual! Thanks.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you, Pravin.

[@buselakeju]

Nice video! Very helpfull. Thank U, Carl.

[@Carl_Pullein]

You're welcome, Janis.

[@LianasLife]

First time Apple user, Thank you for this tutorial.

[@Carl_Pullein]

You're welcome.

[@javtimestwo]

Hello-I did like this video because I needed to learn more about how to use reminders with the assistance of Siri. Any chance you have another video about reminders/Siri, maybe for a beginner and not so advanced?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Jav, I will be updating these videos with iOS15 when it comes out. I will make it simpler then.

[@ophiophagush.3926]

Thats really helpful!

[@Carl_Pullein]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ayubmatadar1136]

Sir Carl is it possible for Siri to announce 📢 reminders at a set time if so please make a video 👍

[@Carl_Pullein]

Sadly, no that's not possible.

[@flowingb1]

Thank you for the informative videos you post. Is there a way that Siri will read a reminder aloud at the designated time?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Not automatically. You would need to ask Siri to read out your reminders for today.

[@egshane]

Thanks Bruce Willis

[@Carl_Pullein]

😆

[@maikaimakena9424]

Very cool video

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you, MaiKai.

[@GiovanniBarbisan]

Hi Carl! A very very useful video, thanks. It is still not possible to "call someone" directly from the notification pop up when you set a reminder like "Remember to call 'someone' this afternoon" (for instance). This was a great feature and I cannot understand why Apple made it disappear...

[@Carl_Pullein]

You can do it with Siri, though. Just ask her/him to call the person.

[@GiovanniBarbisan]

@@Carl_Pullein of course... but it was such an easy process to call the person directly from the notification banner ;-)

[@pastorjimshrimplin7312]

Hi Carl, I hope that you see this post cause I could really use your help. My wife is starting to lose her memory to the point she forgets to do stuff in her morning routine. We were wondering if there is a way have Siri read out a reminders list one by one. She need it to read one, wait until she completed that task and then read out the next one until the list was complete. I don't think it will, but I figured I would reach out and ask someone who knows more about Siri and Reminders than I do.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Jim, as far as I know, that would not be possible at the moment. However, rumours abound that Apple have been doing a lot of work in the AI field and we may see something that might do what you need later this year.

[@malcolmstephenson556]

Really Great Tool! Unfortunately, only works intermittently on my phone - LOL. Thanks Carl!

[@Carl_Pullein]

Ah, yes, Siri has to get used to your voice and commands I think.

[@waynehorne2734]

Thanks Carl! I was wondering, do you use both Reminders and Todoist? If so, can you explain how you decide which to use?

[@jayvadanbhojani273]

I was using Reminders and then I found out Todoist before 3 years ago and then I ditched Reminders completely. I think Todoist does all the things that Reminders does, so, Todoist can handle all professional and personal task management.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I only use Reminders for my shopping list which is shared with my wife. Everything else is in Todoist.

[@waynehorne2734]

@@Carl_Pullein Thanks! Another question, when using as shopping list, are the changes reflected in real-time?

[@waynehorne2734]

@@jayvadanbhojani273 Thanks for the feedback!

[@pabitrag.c6977]

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[@artkrestian]

great content 👍😍

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you 🙌

[@JJCoxUTube]

- A nice video. I enjoyed it. I have a question that I hope you might be able to answer for me; can Siri handle more then one item at a time ie. if you wanted to add Milk, eggs, and bread to your shopping list is there a way to have Siri enter the three items on individual lines with a single Siri call?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Jospeh, ah, he can, but... They will be added as one task. My guess it you want to create separate tasks. In that case, no she can't. 😭

[@VickiBowers]

Thanks, helpful. Also, entertaining to have MY Siri respond to YOUR "Hey Siri" commands 😂

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hahaha Yeah, I'd forgotten about that one. Apologies.

[@malcolmstephenson556]

Yea, me too. Thought it was great :-)

[@jakealvin7049]

I know I am pretty randomly asking but does anyone know of a good site to stream newly released series online ?

[@williejensen6799]

@Jake Alvin try FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

[@fredericktrenton2226]

@Willie Jensen Yup, I have been watching on Flixzone for years myself =)

[@Patrick76399]

We should have the ability to add new reminders to the top of a list or at least be able to sort them from newest to oldest. The longer the list of reminders the more you have to scroll to find the most current ones.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Maybe that will be a feature coming in the next version.

[@stevennovakovich2525]

Nice video, Carl! I can get a web page in Safari to 'share' it's info/link to the Reminders app but I can't get it to work with Siri. Any suggestions?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Steven, when you have the web page open, just ask Siri to "remind me of this" - that should do the trick.

[@sasproductions701]

i had reminders app on my iphone and somehow it needed downloading again and it would work with my apple watch too now and set reminders.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Yeah, if you've never used the app, I believe your phone will remove it.

[@sasproductions701]

@@Carl_Pullein it was annoying it took me a couple of days to figure it out.

[@rogerpeach3297]

I didn't know about adding a web page to a reminder nor the email trick. Neither appears to work with Tick Tick but I might do a little bit of experimenting. All it does is add a reminder on Tick Tick saying "add this web page" but without the link. I should say, I use Tick Tick for my reminders and it works well with Siri. It "pulls through" items from Apple reminders to Tick Tick. The "magic" words are "remind me" for a reminder and "schedule" for a calendar entry on my Google calendar.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I've had trouble getting Siri to work with Todoist too. But for those who like using Reminder, this works brilliantly.

[@anthonyosullivan4730]

Hi Carl , stupid question but how do you create the icon to suit the list IE: a star that is white in colour and the circle is red. Jeez I feel silly.

[@Carl_Pullein]

That depends on which device your using. On the iPad / iPhone, all you need do is long press on the icon and tap Choose “Show list info”. From there you can change icons and colours.

[@ReR7474]

I have a list named “Household”, and in it I have a grocery few grocery stores, so these stores have a “note” sub-section. I can’t make Siri to add notes into these sections. If I say the word “note” it does send it to “Notes” app. Any suggestions?

[@Carl_Pullein]

You will need to say the specific note name. For instance: "add bananas to my grocery note" (make sure you use the exact name of the note.

[@411Soulman1]

Carl, when a reminder comes up it comes up as a banner with a tone. Is there a way to make Siri actually TALK the reminder?(s)?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Not yet, I'm afraid. However, you may be able to set something up using Accessibility, though that will have Siri announcing everything which will likely become very annoying.

[@Patrick76399]

The dots used to mark reminders as complete should be swapped with the checkmarks used to select reminders.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Good point, Patrick.

[@ankitpandey1527]

How to add reminder which can ring in particular time ex 6:30 pm using Siri?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Just say, :"Hey Siri, remind me to .... At 6:30pm"

[@zizhdizzabagus456]

So its impossible to add several items at once at shopping list, right? So useful. Imagine i have to add 10 items so i have to summon siri 10 times right?)

[@Carl_Pullein]

That's true. When I am preparing my list I often just type them in. But if I am cooking and I use the last of something I can add it using Siri.

[@maxwaldburg4286]

if i say hey siri remind me to book somethng on thursday and dont specify a time she says that she will remind me on thursday but doesnt specify a time. she used to say 'what time would you like to be reminded at on thursday?' but she doesnt seem to do this anymore? am i doing something wrong?

[@Carl_Pullein]

No, I don't think you're making a mistake. It looks like Apple have changed the way Siri manages this.

[@stormbytes]

Seriously I want my 7 minutes back.

[@tomabbott9653]

I wish Reminders would link up better with Calendar. For example, if I setup a Reminder for a certain date it would be nice if there was an option to have that show up on my calendar.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I think the issue with that would be duplication. Apple's thinking would why do you need to see it twice?

[@daviddruce7787]

Haha see you caught on how good my PA is 😁

[@Carl_Pullein]

LOL - yes indeed.

[@slimanisbitah4234]

Just a question can i ask Siri to do reminder and ring ?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Not sure what you mean by "ring"

[@slimanisbitah4234]

@@Carl_Pullein Can siri put reminder on my outlook?

[@Carl_Pullein]

@@slimanisbitah4234 No. You can ask it to open Outlook, but it cannot put a Reminder in Outlook.

[@sbeckas]

Can you get Siri to speak those reminders at certain times?

[@trumpthemessiah1238]

thats what I need cause the beep alert is not enough. it would be awesome if the beep alert goes off and siri reminds you like "hey John, I'm reminding you to call your mother" . donno why apple dont do this

[@Carl_Pullein]

I agree. It would make perfect sense if you could do that.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I wish she could, but at the moment no.

[@floroma2820]

Seri remind me daily to take meds from 10:am every 15 mins until I tell her to stop after I take it. Will seri do this.

[@Carl_Pullein]

No. You will get one reminder for each reminder. If you want multiple reminders you will need to create multiple reminders. Alternatively, when you get your reminder, don't dismiss it until you take you meds.

[@MiaJanoskova]

The amount of times this video triggered my Siri 😂

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hahaha, that happened to me too, Mia.

[@timbushell8640]

@@Carl_Pullein - we should all be forced to rename Siri -to a personalised VA. Back in the 90s I hacked the office PCs to "kill" all the ping, dongs, dings and bleeps - from the 30 odd PCs - driving me crazy.

[@timbushell8640]

So - can you force the reminder to be 2 hours before an event - existing or new? You forget - it only works with British accents : ))))

[@timbushell8640]

Excellent sideways look... ... keep up the good work.

[@Carl_Pullein]

You can ask Siri to remind you in two hours about something and she generally will... Generally LOL

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hahaha, thank you.

[@cristinapereira9787]

When Siri doesn’t understand what you said and you say again and again doesn’t understand what do you do for Siri to learn that word?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Here you go, this should help: www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/apple/157055-how-to-change-siris-voice-on-iphone-and-ipad-and-teach-it-to-pronounce-names

[@trumpthemessiah1238]

Am I the only one that prefer the male siri voice?

[@Carl_Pullein]

I liked the original British male voice, It deep and relaxed. The new voice is a bit to high in tone and sounds harassed to me.

[@nelsonmorales6157]

These reminders have always sucked. It's just a popup on your phone that is very easy to miss especially if it's time sensitive . With alexa it's more like an alarm and it speaks and tells you the reminder and my apple watch vibrates and rings. These reminders suck and are not reliable

[@Carl_Pullein]

Interesting. That's not been my experience with Reminders. Quite the opposite, really.