Siri commands for Music, podcasts and audio on iPhone
Playback, identification, volume and multi-room control. There are 22 of them below — each with what it actually does.
How it looks on iPhone
Say Hey Siri, Play my workout playlist
and iPhone responds with
starts a named playlist.
Using a Mac as well? See Mac Siri commands for music, podcasts and audio.
All 22 Music, podcasts and audio commands
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Play my workout playlist
Starts a named playlist.
Play something I like
Builds a mix from your listening history.
What song is this?
Shazam is built in — no separate app needed.
What’s playing?
Names the current track.
Who sings this song?
Artist for the track playing now.
What album is this on?
Album for the current track.
Play a song with the lyrics “hello from the other side”
Finds a track from a remembered line.
Play Apple Music 1
Tunes into a live radio station.
Add this to my library
Saves the current track.
Add this song to my Workout playlist
Files it straight into a playlist.
Skip this song
Next track.
Pause music
Also “resume music” to continue.
Shuffle music
Turns shuffle on for what is playing.
Turn up the volume
Also “set the volume to 40 percent”.
Play the latest episode of The Rest is History
Plays a specific podcast.
Play the next episode
Moves along the podcast feed.
Follow this podcast
Subscribes to the show playing.
Skip ahead three minutes
Jumps forward by a stated amount.
Play this twice as fast
Changes podcast playback speed.
Play white noise
Starts Background Sounds.
Stop the music in 30 minutes
A sleep timer for audio.
Play the news
Starts an audio news briefing.