How does Siri "know"?

[rbh0514]

I am set to get my new iPhone today (pending UPS is accurate) and had a question about Siri.

The most useful feature to me is the location based reminders. "Remind me to grab my lunch when I go home", things like that. How does Siri "know" when you are home? Is this a location based setting through contacts, a setting in Fine My Friends? Or does it simply do it by time? Around 12:00pm it alerts you.

Any one know this answer? Im excited to get my phone and try out Siri hands on.

Cheers!

 

[Frasern1]

I am set to get my new iPhone today (pending UPS is accurate) and had a question about Siri.

The most useful feature to me is the location based reminders. "Remind me to grab my lunch when I go home", things like that. How does Siri "know" when you are home? Is this a location based setting through contacts, a setting in Fine My Friends? Or does it simply do it by time? Around 12:00pm it alerts you.

Any one know this answer? Im excited to get my phone and try out Siri hands on.

Cheers!

I'm pretty sure the first time you say that it will ask you where home is and than it will just remember.

 

[rbh0514]

This would seem to make the most sense. I guess I can figure it out for sure when I get my phone today.

Thanks!

 

[thewitt]

Yes, Siri needs to learn where home is. Actually the Reminders app needs to learn it, though it will try to use the address in your contact record first - as identified in settings.

 

[Sir Ruben]

This would seem to make the most sense. I guess I can figure it out for sure when I get my phone today.

Thanks!

Yeah thats what it does and it sets up a geofence (ooooooo!) so that it knows when you have arrived.

 

[Jman13]

I've tried out location based reminders on my 4, and the battery drain is also surprisingly small. It's not like running turn-by-turn non-stop. I can certainly see myself using this.

 

[asleep]

Siri is smarter than your average bear.

 

[Frasern1]

I've tried out location based reminders on my 4, and the battery drain is also surprisingly small. It's not like running turn-by-turn non-stop. I can certainly see myself using this.

I was wondering about this. That is good though, I was not going to use it since I want my battery to last but if the drain is minimal than thats a whole different story.

 

[mfor1234]

You set one of the contacts as "me" - so that's how it knows home (your address) and then everything else is based on contacts.

So you'd then add an address labelled "work" to notify you when you get to work. Or you could add a new contact for "University" with an address to match it, so that when you say "remind to return my books when I get to University" it'll match that contact.

Hope that helps.