siri dialing 911

If you tell Siri to call a number, it calls the number.

Siri does not "report a traffic accident" or any other issue to the other party on the phone. YOU do that by talking to them.

Just say "Call 911." It won't understand "report a traffic accident." On the other hand, if you say, "I have a flat tire," it will find nearby tow services. But yeah, for it to call a number, you only say the number.

You know what would be handier in an emergency? You picking up the phone and dialing 911, then again, you could be eating a really yummy sandwich as you try to report an accident AT THE SCENE, so yeah, Siri is awsome that way.

And if you say "Call me an ambulance", it will tell you "From now on, I'll call you An Ambulance, OK ?"

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Siri wont 'Dial' 911.... Just like it wont call or disl '611'. You have to put a contact name to it!!!!!

I tryied to put 411 in my contact and can't call the number even if I say the name in my contact?! I 'm not sure if it will do an exception for 911, but it could be helpful in a real world emergency.

Siri will not dial 911. It will, however, dial any other combination of <number>11 - 311, 411 et cetera, all work.

It won't dial it even if you create a contact. The old Voice Control also won't dial 911, however it WILL dial, if you have it in your contact list.

I have called Apple about the issue and they haven't given any explanation for this behaviour, which is clearly intentional, but not explained anywhere.

I tried to call 311, it won't. It says "Calling 311", then it says "Sorry I can't call 311". If I use the keypad and dial 311 myself, I get connected. This is true of 411 as well. I didn't test 911.