Find Your Phone by Talking to It

If my house had a Game of Thrones -style family motto, it would be “Darling, can you call my phone?” This is a common way to find a lost device. But it doesn’t work very well if you leave the phone to vibrate.

Try activating Siri or Google Assistant instead. You will need to enable voice activation in advance. Then whenever you lose your phone, just walk around and say, “Ok Google, play Despacito.”

Works only when voice activation is on. (And if you don’t change the setting , Siri will disable voice activation if you leave your phone face down.) Having the microphone always on means your phone can spy on you, plus it will beep when you say anything. vaguely reminiscent of his activation phrase.

But listen, it will also beep when you wander around the house and shout “Hello Siri!” as if you are luring a cat out from under the bed. Which you seem to be.

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