After experimenting with the brand new Siri AI, for the very first time in my life, Siri finally answered my questions without making me regret asking, getting me upset, or having me respond with “You stupid b*tch.”
The bar Siri needed to beat here was unbelievably low. When an AI assistant has big problems doing little things, even simple achievements in its upgraded version breed big smiles.
I’ve been testing Siri AI on my iPhone 17 and MacBook Air M2, and I’m impressed overall. Apple began rolling it out on September 14, 2026, alongside iOS 27 and macOS 27. Availability depends on your device, language, and region.
Something important to keep in mind before we get into the fun use cases, though: It’s still in beta, and it shows. I’ve experienced bugs, slowdowns, and “try again” messages. However, generally speaking, it works as it should.
Here are six useful things I’ve tried, plus prompts and tips to help you get started. As always, get creative. Some of these are pretty basic, but they at least point you in the direction of what’s possible.
These can work either as spoken prompts or prompts that you can paste directly into the new Siri AI app.
Let’s party.
Use Case #1: Find Your Last Interaction With Someone
I asked Siri when I’d last interacted with someone in my contacts. It checked across apps and pulled together information involving her, including messages, calendar events, and reminders.
That saved me from opening each app and doing the detective work myself.
When was the last time I interacted with [person’s name]? Check my messages, calendar events, reminders, email, etc. involving him/her. Show me the most recent results with dates.
Pro tip: Use a full name (if it’s in your phone as the full name) to avoid confusing contacts. Ask to see the original message or event if the details matter.
My iMessages are set up to stick around forever, so there’s plenty to search. You don’t need that setting, but Siri can’t search messages you’ve already deleted.
Use Case #2: Ask Better Weather Questions (Or Any Kind of Questions)
The old Siri could give me a basic forecast (when it worked). Now I can ask questions that actually help me plan something.
I'm going outside in two hours for the first time all week. What should I expect in terms of rain, wind, and sunshine? Is there anything I should be prepared for?
Other questions to try:
- What’s the chance of rain in each of the next six hours?
- How many inches of snow are expected tonight in Detroit? Will the weather be bad enough to cause driving issues?
Pro tip: Include any location and a specific time window. For dangerous driving conditions, check live road alerts, too. Siri hasn’t personally inspected the highway (shocking).
Use Case #3: Remember When You Went Somewhere or Did Something
This one will surely be a hit with my party animal audience.
I couldn’t remember when I’d visited Centro Histórico in Mexico City, so I asked Siri.
When did I go to Centro Histórico in Mexico City? I forgot when that was.
It found the relevant photos from my Photos app and helped me figure it out. I didn’t have to explain that it should open Photos and check dates. It understood the question.
This uses Siri’s personal-context capabilities. Apple says Siri can draw on information from photos, messages, emails, and more.
Pro tip: Add an approximate month or a description of your photos if the first request doesn’t work.
Use Case #4: Ask Siri AI to do Two (or More) Things at Once
I asked Siri to schedule two appointments on different days and set a reminder, all at the same time. It worked.
Set a reminder for me to check my phone in one hour. Also, create two new events for me. The first will be a dentist appointment at 1 p.m. tomorrow, and the second will be a doctor appointment at 3 p.m. the following day.
Three tasks at once. Siri is officially not brain dead.
Pro tip: Add the appointment length, location, and calendar to your events if needed, and Siri should include those details in the event as well. Check all entries afterward, especially when using phrases like “the following day,” but the new Siri AI actually understood what “the following day” meant in my test, which blew my mind.
Use Case #5: Ask About What’s on Your Screen + Instant Translations
This one is really useful. And it reminds me of a fairly new AI product called Lemon. Check out the Lemon demo, but keep in mind that asking it things about what you see on your screen can now be handled by Siri.
Here’s what I did for this Siri use case: I was looking at a body wash product with Spanish text on my screen. I didn’t understand what it said, since my Spanish sucks. I asked Siri what it was, and it immediately explained it.
Living in Mexico City, I will use this a lot.
What is this product? Explain the Spanish text on my screen in English.
In this example, I used Siri AI while using iPhone Mirroring on my Mac. That’s handy for browsing phone apps, such as grocery shopping apps like this, with a mouse and keyboard while typing questions to Siri.
Ask Siri on a mirrored iPhone about your screen, or what’s on your iPhone’s screen or Mac’s screen. You can do this via voice or with the dedicated Siri AI app.
Use Case #6: Find Specific Nearby Places That Are Open Right Now
You could kind of get away with this type of request with the old Siri, but not really. It had big issues with it. And it absolutely could not understand things like “find two of them.” That was too much for it to handle. The little engine that couldn’t.
What are the two closest pharmacies to me right now that are currently open?
Siri AI showed me the results. Simple, useful, and no elaborate instructions required.
Pro tip: Specify whether you’re walking or driving. And double-check the hours if it’s a place that might require a bit of travel.
Use Case #7: Have Siri AI Describe Your Personality by Reviewing Your Notes App
Siri can also access your Notes app. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get it to work on iOS, but it worked great on my Mac. Maybe it’s a bug or maybe it’s a user error.
I got it to accurately describe my personality in one sentence by scanning through all 586 notes in my Notes app, and it only took a few seconds.
Based on all of the notes in my Notes app, describe my personality in one sentence.
Its response was 100% correct.
Two More Things I Like About Siri AI
Conversation history across devices. My questions have been appearing in the Siri app on both my iPhone and Mac. Apple says it syncs history through iCloud. I set mine to automatically delete after 30 days, which gives me time to revisit answers without keeping everything forever.
Privacy that makes it an everyday option. Apple combines on-device processing with Private Cloud Compute. Apple says requests processed through that system aren’t retained after the response or accessible to Apple staff. That’s separate from the conversation history you choose to keep.
For everyday private questions, I expect to use Siri more and Venice much less. I trust Apple’s strategy here, and Siri is already on my devices.
Wrapping It Up
Siri AI still has some bugs, but it’s finally useful. Finding old conversations, understanding a product, and scheduling appointments now feel easy, as just a few examples.
Try these prompts and tell me your favorite Siri AI use cases and prompts in the comment section below. If Siri AI screwed up something spectacularly simple, I’d like to hear that too.
Until next time, remember to run the prompts and prompt the planet.
