iPhone

The iPhone 3GS Voice Control screen, displaying commands like call, play, dial, and shuffle, and a call screen with a phone number being dialed.

Say a name or number and iPhone dials for you

Voice Control recognises the names in your Contacts and knows the songs on your iPod

Press and hold the Home button to activate Voice Control

Voice Control

Making a call on iPhone has always been easy. With Voice Control, it’s even easier. Now you can make calls and play music using just the sound of your voice.

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Use your voice to make a call.

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Voice Control can find anybody in your contacts list. Simply say a name to make a call. Or say a phone number. iPhone repeats your voice commands to confirm them, then dials away.

A Voice Control screen with a call screen in the background.
play button Say a name to make a call

Use your voice to play music.

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Voice Control knows the music in your iPod, too. Ask your iPhone what song is playing (and hear it answer). Tell it to play your favourite album. Even have it play more songs like the one you’re listening to.

A Voice Control screen with an iPod now playing screen in the background
play button Say an artist’s name to play music

Speak your own language.

Voice Control features support for the following languages:

  • Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Chinese (China)
  • Chinese (Taiwan)
  • Dutch
  • English (UK)
  • English (U.S.)
  • Finnish
  • French (Canada)
  • French (France)
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Russian
  • Spanish (Mexico)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Swedish