You can use Siri commands to help you send, receive, read and delete email messages in the same way you can text messages.
For dictation tips, and help in composing messages verbally using Siri, read our handy guide of commonly used phrases.
Activate Siri by pressing the home button (side button on the iPhone X) or by saying 'Hey Siri' if the feature is activated on your device.
To send an email to a contact in your address book, say the following using the person's name.
If the contact has multiple email addresses Siri will ask you to choose which one you want to use.
Siri will then ask you to dictate the subject line and the message content.
Once your message is complete, Siri will ask you to confirm the message by saying 'Yes' or tapping 'Send' on the screen.
At this point, you get the opportunity to edit the email if you're not happy with it. Say, 'change subject', 'add', or 'change message'. You can also tell Siri to 'cancel' to abandon the email completely.
At any time during this process, you can tap the message screen to open up the draft email in Mail to edit.
If you would like to read through recent emails from a contact that are in your inbox. Ask Siri to find them for you.
Siri will display a list of emails from the contact and offer to read them to you.
Hey Siri any new emails from Jane Smith?
Siri will automatically begin the process of composing a new email message by promoting you to dictate the text.
The procedure is exactly the same as described for composing a new email message from scratch.
It goes without say, that great care should be taken before asking Siri to delete everything.