How to use Stocks with Siri

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Stocks uses information from Yahoo! Finance to monitor the markets. It's customizable so you can keep track of only the stocks that matter to you, and what's more — if you don't have time to wade through the app to get the latest market reports, you can simply ask Siri to do it for you.

How to check individual stocks with Siri

If you want quick stock info and it's not convenient to type, strike up a chat with Siri and have her find the market info for you!

  1. Launch Siri by pressing and holding the Home button or saying, "Hey, Siri."
  2. Say something like "What is Apple's stock at today?" or "Show me stock information for Google."
  3. Tap anywhere in the stock widget to be taken to the built-in Stocks app for more information, since Siri will just show you an overview.

Hold down the Home button, ask Siri about a specific stock, tap on the widget to go to the app.

How to check stock exchanges with Siri

Besides giving you information on different stocks, you can also ask Siri for information on an entire exchange, including NASDAQ, NYSE, FTSE, Nikkei, or others.

  1. Launch Siri by pressing and holding the Home button or saying, "Hey, Siri."
  2. Say something like "What is the New York Stock Exchange's current position?" or "How did NASDAQ close?"
  3. Tap on the stock widget if you would like more information and Siri will automatically launch the built-in Stocks app.

Hold down the Home button, ask Siri about the market, tap on the widget to go to the app.

Siri becomes your personal stock broker and can make it a little easier to decipher what's going on in the market. Test out Siri with your stocks and let us know how it goes!

Questions?

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Drew Kozub

"Siri, write a really funny bio for me to use for Mobile Nations" "Okay, Drew, here's your really funny bio: How-to writer, fiddle player, retro gamer."