Voice Control

Voice Control is a voice recognition feature that preceded Siri. It was activated when holding down the home button.

History
Voice Control was first released for the iPhone 3GS in June 2009 and then the iPod Touch. A limited "iTunes Control" variant was released with the iPod Touch 3rd generation but could only be used with the remote mic, as it had no internal microphone, and wasn't introduced on the iPad. If Siri is turned off on the iPhone 4S or later, Voice Control will appear. Voice Control can only do certain commands, such as FaceTime or a playing song. For best results, Apple recommends holding the phone to your face, as you would on a call.

A newer implementation of Voice Control was added in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 for users with special accessibility needs.

Actions

 * Play Music
 * Start Facetime Call
 * Start Phone Call