These Siri Harry Potter Spells Will Turn You Into a Wizard

We would possibly believe that we’re all muggles, however now, we will be able to say “Lumos” to turn on our flashlights. Are there other Siri ‘Harry Potter’ spells?

Jamie Lerner - Author

Many of us vividly have in mind our 11th birthday. Not for the parties or the cake or the gifts however as a result of we eagerly awaited our owl-delivered letters inviting us to attend Hogwarts.

And whilst we can’t talk for everyone, most people almost certainly didn’t obtain the coveted invitation. However, now we will be able to all be wizards. A recirculating meme reminds us that we will, actually, perform some fundamental spells with our magical homegirl, Siri.

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We don’t mean Sirius Black. iOS’s Siri herself can actually acknowledge and perform basic movements according to positive spells that customers dictate. The maximum commonplace is after all “Lumos!” which we will be able to use to turn on our flashlights.

Android users shouldn’t fret, as they have their very own set of spells they may be able to perform with their magic wands aka magic cell phones.

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A meme taught customers that they may be able to say “Lumos” to turn on their flashlights.

Thanks to the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Return to Hogwarts, fanatics of the collection all over the world began recirculating a discovery on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: If you say “Lumos” on your telephone, the flashlight turns on.

This specific spell works for each Androids and iPhones, even supposing iPhone users could have to say, “Hey, Siri” first. Not handiest that, but when you say, “Nox,” then the flashlight turns off.

I noticed this on Facebook and I was like ok I’ll try and it works

Some may have say Lumos Maximus

And Knox to turn it off

You do that by way of saying it to Siri or google or whoever you have pic.twitter.com/XYHWEzyvHM

— Cel🧡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@cel_stone) January 3, 2022

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While many users came upon this particular feature while watching the new HBO reunion particular, it’s if truth be told been around for moderately some time. Posts dating again so far as 2016 end up that we’ve had the magic within us all along, despite the fact that we didn’t understand it. However, a Reddit put up from 2018 is truly converting the sport relating to the magic at our fingertips.

There are even more ‘Harry Potter’ spells we can carry out with Siri’s assist.

In 2018, Reddit user sun1tzu explained how we will do spells reminiscent of “Accio” and “Wingardium Leviosa” the use of our iPhones. Thanks to iOS’s new shortcuts feature, there’s in reality a magical shortcut called Spells that may help us do magic. All customers wish to do is upload the shortcut, and then click on on it to accomplish spells.

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The Reddit user recommends including some of the spells as touch names so that the iOS tool can acknowledge the spells. Once that’s finished, simply dictate the spell to Siri, and he or she’ll take you on a journey!

For example, “Avada Kedavra” turns the brightness utterly down and places the phone on aircraft mode, essentially “killing” the phone. “Wingardium Leviosa,” however, automates a search for a flight from your location.

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However, telephone shortcuts and secrets and techniques aren’t the one method out of muggle-hood. We too can program other tech devices (reminiscent of Google Home) to Lumos Maxima our dwelling rooms and Alohamora our entrance doors.

Plus, there are actual wands bought that may regulate televisions and different remote-controlled gadgets. We truly are wizards, Harry! Well, possibly cellphones are the closest thing to magic we’ll get.

All 8 Harry Potter movies and the 20 th Anniversary special are to be had to movement on HBO Max.

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