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Life & fun · October 16, 2011

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Siri hack to use any location with reminders

I figured out a way to get Siri to set reminders for you when you leave or arrive at ANY location, not just home or work. 1. You need to go into your contact card 2. Push edit and scroll down to addresses 3. Add a new address, and push the label that appears to the left of the address (usually work/home) 4. At the bottom, you can add a custom label, it can be anything, say "Target." 5. Add the address for the Target, then push done 6. When you launch Siri, you can now tell her to remind you when you leave "My target." For example: "Remind me to buy milk when I arrive at my target" Be sure to…

Siri hack to use any location with reminders launched on October 16, 2011 with 6 votes, #95 of 292 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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I figured out a way to get Siri to set reminders for you when you leave or arrive at ANY location, not just home or work. 1. You need to go into your contact card 2. Push edit and scroll down to addresses 3. Add a new address, and push the label that appears to the left of the address (usually work/home) 4. At the…

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