How to Cast Harry Potter Spells on Your iPhone With Siri

If you love Harry Potter and use an iPhone, you’re in luck! Using Siri, your iPhone can become your very own wand. Apple has integrated certain Harry Potter spell commands into iPhones. And with Siri, you can cast your own spells to show off to your friends.

With that said, if you’re ready for a crash course in spell casting, here are some built-in Harry Potter spells you can use on your iPhone.

Built-In Harry Potter Spells You Can Use

As stated earlier, your iPhone has built-in Harry Potter spells (voice commands) that you can activate with Siri. But before you can start casting any spells, you’ll need to enable Siri on your iPhone if you haven’t already.

Once Siri is enabled, you are ready to start casting spells. At the moment, Apple has programmed three Harry Potter spells into its devices: Lumos, Nox, and Accio. Here’s what they do:

Lumos

In Harry Potter, Lumos is used to cast light in a dark room, and it works similarly on your iPhone. When cast, the spell turns on your iPhone’s flashlight. To activate Lumos, say, “Hey Siri, Lumos.” Lumos is pronounced “loo-mows.”

Nox

Nox is the counter spell to Lumos. So saying, “Hey Siri, Nox” will turn off your iPhone’s flashlight when you’re done using it. And if you weren’t aware already, Nox is pronounced “knocks.”

Accio

In Harry Potter, Accio is a summoning charm to draw objects toward the caster. In the case of your iPhone, Accio is used to open an app on your phone.

So saying, “Hey Siri, Accio [app name]” will open the app in question. For instance, saying “Hey Siri, Accio Spotify” will open the Spotify app on your iPhone. Accio is pronounced “Ack-ee-oh.”

How to Create Your Own Harry Potter Siri Spells

Besides those three spells, Apple lets you create additional spells for Siri commands. To do this, you must manually set up the spells and their corresponding actions using the Shortcuts app on your iPhone.

For example, let’s set up the spell “Lumos Maxima.” This spell turns on your iPhone’s flashlight at the highest brightness level. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Open the Shortcuts app, head to the Shortcuts section, and tap the plus (+) icon at the top-right corner.
2. Then, tap New Shortcut at the top to rename it to the name of your spell. In this case, you’ll want to rename it to Lumos Maxima.
3. Tap Add Action.
4. From the menu that appears, tap Set Flashlight.
5. Now, tap the blue arrow (next to On) and drag the slider all the way to the right.
6. Tap the Play button at the bottom of the screen to test it out. Then, tap Done.

Now, say, “Hey Siri, Lumos Maxima!” to see if the spell command worked as intended.

Turn Your iPhone Into a Wand With Siri

Thanks to Siri, you have your very own wand at your fingertips. Now, you can perform simple tasks at any instance with these spells. Like Harry Potter, what you choose to do with this power is up to you.

You can try out different spells, such as Silencio to activate Do Not Disturb or Muffliato and Sonorus to control your iPhone’s volume.