11 Harry Potter Siri Spells That Turn Your iPhone Into a Magical Elder Wand

Your days as a regular Muggle are over as long as you have an iPhone. With just a word or two, you can use your iPhone and your newfound Muggle abilities to cast spells just like Harry Potter and his team. Only your “wand”from Apple, not Ollivanders from Diagon Alley.

Whether you’re a Muggle-born witch or wizard, Hey Siri has at least three built-in spells that you can call on your iPhone. But there are other spells from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter that you can program to use Siri – and the possibilities are endless, limited only by your imagination.

You must use “Hey Siri”to use Harry Potter’s built-in spells and charms. If you try to use Siri by holding the side or home button, or by using Type to Siri, they won’t work. However, the spells you program into Siri using the Shortcuts app can be used the way you want to use Siri, not just “Hey Siri”.

Siri Tips

• To make sure “Hey Siri”is turned on, go to Settings -> Siri & Search, then turn on “Listen for Hey Siri”.
• Also, enabling “Allow Siri when locked”will allow some commands to work on the locked lock screen.
• And “Press the side (or home) button for Siri”will give you a shortcut for a long press.
• If you go to Settings -> Accessibility > Siri, you can change the long press keyboard shortcut to “Enter text for Siri”so you don’t have to say any spells.
• Also in accessibility options, you can turn on “Always listen for ‘Hey Siri’”so that spells work when your iPhone is face down or closed.

Hey Siri Lumos

“Lumos”is an enchantment that illuminates the wand. It illuminates the tip of the caster’s wand so that he can see in the dark. Here, the end of the wand is your iPhone’s rear flash. Thus, by saying “Hey Siri, Lumos”, you will turn on the flashlight (also known as a torch). Unfortunately “Lumos maxima”doesn’t work with “Hey Siri”so you can’t use this spell to turn the flashlight on at full power.

• Spell: Hey Siri Lumos
• Pronunciation: /loo mows/
• Example: Harry says “Lumos” in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).

Hey Siri Knox

Nox is the wand extinguish spell, the opposite of Lumos. It will extinguish the light from the tip of a wand or, in our case, a flashlight / torch. Say “Hey Siri Nox”when you want to turn off the lights.

• Spell: Hey Siri Knox
• Pronunciation: /näks/ /noks/ /naaks/ /knocks/
• Example: Harry says “Knox” in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).

Hey Siri Accio

Accio is a summoning spell that directs an object towards the person casting the spell. In this case, we’re talking about an app, so the spell would be “Hey Siri, Accio [app name]”. This will automatically open the app if your iPhone is already unlocked. If not, you will need to use Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode to access the app.

• Spell: Hey Siri, Accio [app name]
• Pronunciation: /Ak ee o/
• Example: Hermione says “Accio Horcrux” in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011); Harry says “Accio Firebolt” in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

However, you don’t need a spell to open an app with Siri. You can just as easily say “Hey Siri, [app name]”and it will still open the app.

Create shortcuts for spells and enchantments to use with Siri

The above spells are built into “Hey Siri,”but you can also make the assistant work with other spells. All you need is the Shortcuts app. You simply create a new shortcut, add the action or actions required to perform the spell or charm, and then save it as a spell or charm spell.

Hey Siri, Lumos Maxima

The Lumos Maxima is similar to the Lumos fire stick, only it produces a blinding flash of light from the tip of the wand. On your iPhone, this will simply be turning on the flashlight (or torch) and full brightness.

• Add a “Set Flashlight”action, set it to “On”and set the “Brightness”slider to maximum.

If you have smart lighting in your home , you can also use the command to turn it on at full brightness.

Hey Siri Silencio

Silencio is a silencing charm that can silence something. That something could be your iPhone. Although it means “silence”in Spanish, saying “Hey Siri, silence”will only turn off all your alarms. But instead, it makes sense to enable Do Not Disturb mode.

• Add a Set Focus action, set it to turn Do Not Disturb mode on to Off.

Hey Siri, Muffliato

“Muffliato”is a silencing spell that prevents other Muggles, witches, and wizards from hearing your conversation. He does this by making them hear a buzzing sound that is like constant tinnitus. On your iPhone, you can use it to turn the volume down to a more personal level, as well as activate background sounds to mute anything that’s happening on your iPhone that you don’t want people nearby to hear.

• Add a Set Volume action and lower its value. Or…
• Add a “Set Volume”action, set it to “50%.”Add a Set Background Sound action, set it to On. Add a “Change Background Sound”action, set it to “Balanced Noise”(or whatever sound you want). Add a “Set Volume of Background Sounds”action, set it to a small value like “10%”.

Hey Siri Sonorus

Sonorus is a power-up spell that makes the target’s sound louder, like a human voice. You can simply set it to maximum volume on your iPhone.

• Add a “Set Volume”action, set it to “100%.”

Hey Siri Quietus

“Quietus”is a spell that counters an empower spell, so it does the opposite, returning the volume level to what it was before. You can have it use the volume you’re most likely to use on your iPhone, or just a mid-level volume set to 50 percent.

• Add a “Set volume”action, set it to “50%”(or whatever you like).

If you want to go crazy, you can add a way to record the current volume level to the “Sonorus”command before changing the volume to 100%. Then in the “Quietus”command, you can add a way to call the recording volume level before setting it.

Hey Siri Homenum Revelio

Homenum Revelio is a human presence detection spell that allows the caster to know who is nearby. To use it on your iPhone, open the People tab in the Find My app. Prior to iOS 13, it was the Find My Friends app.

• Add an “Open URLs”action, set the URL to “findmyfriends:// “or “fmf1:// “scheme. Or…
• Add a “URL”action and set its scheme to “findmyfriends:// “or “fmf1:// “. Add an “Open URL”action.

Hey Siri, point me

“Point me”is the (least interesting) spell that points the caster’s wand to the north. For your iPhone, this might just be opening the Compass app.

• Add an “Open Application”action and select “Compass”as the application.

Hey Siri Sternius

Sternius is a spell that causes the target to sneeze for a short time. It’s more fun than useful on the iPhone where you make your iPhone start sneezing.

• Add a File action and select the audio file of someone sneezing. Add a Play Sound action.