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Oct 1, 2014 10:24 AM in response to AliciaWagby KiltedTim,Short of removing the passcode entirely, no. There's no way to do that.
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Oct 1, 2014 10:27 AM in response to KiltedTimby AliciaWag,Darn it! :-( Thanks for the reply. Maybe Apple will include this in a future update. I think it would be pretty useful!
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Oct 1, 2014 10:28 AM in response to AliciaWagby anypats,The app Launcher did allow for this from the Notifications screen (not the lock screen like you are asking). However, Apple removed the app from the App Store due to inappropriate use of widgets. Maybe something in the future.
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Oct 1, 2014 10:30 AM in response to anypatsby AliciaWag,Thanks, anypats. I'm not that technologically advanced, LOL, so I don't really know what a widget is or how to use one properly or improperly. But I do think that the owner of the phone having the ability to say what apps can & can't be activated from the lock screen using "Hey Siri" would be a great feature to have. Fingers crossed!
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Oct 1, 2014 10:55 AM in response to AliciaWagby AliciaWag,A friend of mine just suggested something. It's still not quite what I want, but it'll do until Apple does what I want, LOL. He suggested just leaving the phone on, unlocked, while driving. It's plugged in, so the battery won't die, & I don't have to worry about putting in a code or anything. I just don't like wasting energy. But for now, if I want to open apps while driving, using "Hey Siri", this is the only way.
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Jan 20, 2016 10:12 AM in response to AliciaWagby voodoosimo,Still not possible to open apps with Siri from lockscreen, right ?
It's a pity...
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Sep 4, 2016 5:02 PM in response to AliciaWagby jmzhg,Thanks for posting this question as I was unable to find any results on Google as well.
This would be a super useful feature for motorcycles because when I ride, my phone is in my jacket pocket. The only thing I'm able to do is to use Siri for voice recognition and tell Siri to do certain things such as call who and text who, etc. There's no way for me to open up Waze or Google Maps other than unlocking the phone - (which no way in **** I'm doing that while I'm riding, especially when there are cars around me). Currently I can tell Siri to give me directions, but that uses Apple Maps and we all know how 'well' that works..
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Sep 4, 2016 5:08 PM in response to jmzhgby Meg St._Clair,jmzhg wrote:
Currently I can tell Siri to give me directions, but that uses Apple Maps and we all know how 'well' that works..
Quite well, actually. When was the last time you tried using Apple Maps?
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Sep 4, 2016 5:49 PM in response to Meg St._Clairby jmzhg,Sorry for not making myself clear. What I meant to say in 'well' was that it lacks certain functionalities that would work better for me on a motorcycle. For example, Waze utilizes user feedback on the road, so I can be aware of a pot hole or a police report.
-jmzhg
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Sep 4, 2016 6:16 PM in response to jmzhgby Meg St._Clair,That is a useful feature of Waze. Sadly, I find it a bit untrustworthy for directions.
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Sep 4, 2016 6:40 PM in response to Meg St._Clairby jmzhg,Haha, that's true. Sometimes Waze also crashes when navigating around the map.. I will give Apple Maps another shot again, thanks for the suggestion!
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Sep 5, 2016 6:12 AM in response to jmzhgby Meg St._Clair,I use Waze when I don't need to navigate, for example, the thousand mile trips to my family vacation house. I know the route but I like to keep an eye on things like accidents and cops (yeah, I drive too fast). But I'm more inclined to use Apple maps for actual navigation. It has been, for me, more reliable of late and pronounces street names more accurately.
Both Waze and Google Maps have some features I'd love to see in Apple Maps (Waze's ability to look at your calendar, the little traffic jam thermometer, Google's dynamic rerouting seems better).