How to make Siri set an alarm AND name/label the alarm at same time?

Question

How can I make iOS's Siri set an alarm AND name/label the alarm at same time?

I set many alarms on my iPhone5S running iOS7, and sometimes it's hard to remember what I set them for when they go off. With a label I'm reminded the purpose (of the alarm). I don't want to take time to manually edit the alarm after Siri sets it--that's what I want Siri to do for me.

Some discussion here with apparently no clear answer, or at least nothing that yet works reliably on my phone.

Answer 1

Exactly say this:

Set alarm for [time] labeled [insert name here]

This works for me every time, thus it should work for your appointments or alarms too. Make sure you say labeled right: click here for the pronunciation and just make sure the names aren't too long.

Names I've tried:

1. Hello
2. Triangle
3. Square

Answer 2

You can also have Siri set reminders for you, in the Reminders app, instead of alarms.

Remind me at time to task.

It also works for geofenced reminders:

Remind me when I get home to task.

Remind me when I leave here to task.

This right here is easily 75% of what I use Siri for, and I find it's a more fitting solution than using alarms—in my mind, alarms are for waking up. 😊

Answer 3

I found the best way is to say "Set an alarm for [time] and label it [your label here].

Answer 4

Heads up though...if you set a reminder, it can synch with your other Mac devices--causing a reminder to pop up on those too. A factor for me, since I've had a reminder to, say, call the divorce lawyer....and then this pops up on the desktop mac in front of the kiddos. If I'd prefer a reminder be JUST to me, I'll use the alarm instead.

Answer 5

To make your reminders just appear in your own cloud when using family sharing I found a trick

Go to reminders, hit the plus icon and make a new list in a different colour and label it.

Then go to reminders in settings and change the default list to that one setting it to non family share.

That will be the reminder list that Siri will go to

Answer 6

"Hey Siri, Set a XXXX alarm for YY o'clock" will set an alarm with the label "XXXX".

I assume you want an Alarm, and not a Reminder (many of the answers here are about Reminders)