I use voice-activated Siri for an obnoxious number of things now. Siri: set a timer for 20 minutes. Siri: look up when the new Congress gets sworn in. Siri: open the Rover app.

You get the idea. But! A new trick is thrilling me to bits. You can ask Siri to read something to you. Yes!

So today while walking Finn I asked Siri to look up an article on peony care. And then, so as not to become like all those dog people who look at their phones and miss canine clues in the environment, I asked Siri to read it to me.

Two kinds of fungus. Got it! Bleach clippers if cut diseased leaves. Ok! Don’t cut to the ground til after the first frost. Questions answered!

More cool iPhone tricks in Wirecutter article here.