Feature guides
Each guide shows what to say, what Iris does, and what to watch for while testing.
- Voice and the wake word
- Music
- Reminders, timers and calendar
- Apps, websites and your Mac
- Memory
- Phone and Mac together
What needs a Mac, and what works on a phone alone #
Some things happen on your Mac, so they need Iris running on a Mac that is signed in to the same email as your phone. Others work on your phone with no Mac at all.
| Feature | Phone alone | Needs your Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Chat with Iris | Yes | |
| Questions and answers, looking things up | Yes | |
| Making documents (Word, Excel, slides, PDF) | Yes | |
| Photos and voice notes | Yes | |
| Memory: "remember that...", see and delete what she knows | Yes | |
| Talking out loud, hands-free | iPad only | Yes |
| Errands: asking your phone to get something done on your Mac | Yes | |
| Music playing on your Mac | Yes | |
| WhatsApp messages | Yes (WhatsApp Desktop on the Mac) | |
| Reminders (Apple Reminders app) | Yes | |
| Timers and alarms ringing out loud | Yes | |
| Calendar | Yes | |
| Opening apps, websites and browser tabs | Yes | |
| Volume, brightness, Wi-Fi, Do Not Disturb | Yes | |
| A screenshot of your Mac screen, from your phone | Yes |
On iPhone and Android you talk to Iris by typing or by recording a voice note. She replies in the chat.
On Windows, some of the Mac features are not available yet. See Install on Windows.
A tip for testing #
Try the obvious way first, then try saying it differently. "Play some music", "put on some songs", "I want to listen to Arijit". When Iris gets one way right and another wrong, that is a useful report.