Siri commands for Smart home and HomeKit on iPhone
Lights, locks, thermostats, cameras, scenes and Apple TV. There are 19 of them below — each with what it actually does.
How it looks on iPhone
Say Hey Siri, Turn on the lights
and iPhone responds with
everything in the room or home you are in.
Using a Mac as well? See Mac Siri commands for smart home and homekit.
All 19 Smart home and HomeKit commands
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Turn on the lights
Everything in the room or home you are in.
Turn down the kitchen lights
Targets one room.
Dim the lights to 30 percent
Sets a brightness level.
Turn off the lights downstairs
Works by zone as well as room.
Set the temperature to 68 degrees
Any HomeKit thermostat.
What’s the temperature in here?
Reads a HomeKit sensor, not the forecast.
Did I lock the front door?
Reports lock state.
Lock the front door
Locking usually works by voice; unlocking asks you to authenticate.
Did I close the garage door?
Also “close the garage”.
Show me the entryway camera
Puts a live camera feed on screen.
Set my reading scene
Runs a scene you built in the Home app.
Good night
Common name for a scene that shuts everything down.
Turn on the lights at sunset every day
Creates a recurring automation.
Play a song I like in the kitchen
Sends audio to a specific speaker.
Move the music to the den
Hands playback to another room.
Stop playing music everywhere
Silences every room at once.
Pause the Living Room Apple TV
Controls a named Apple TV.
Rewind the Living Room Apple TV 30 seconds
Skip back by a stated amount.
Turn on English subtitles on the Living Room TV
Subtitle control by voice.