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Using the Safari browser (see Chapter 11), you can search the web by using Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Bing, and DuckDuckGo — as well as Chinese search engines if you add a Chinese keyboard. But you can also search for people and programs across your iPhone or within specific apps, and do so with an assist from Siri. We show you how to search within apps in the various chapters dedicated to Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and Music.

In general, you can search for news and trending topics, local restaurants, movie times, flight status, and content in Apple’s own iTunes Store, App Store, and Book Store.

Within search on your phone, you’ll also see Siri search suggestions representing the contacts you engage with the most, the people you are next scheduled to meet, as well as eateries, shops, and other places of possible interest nearby.

To access the search screen on an iPhone, swipe down from any screen. To see Siri suggestions (for people to contact or apps you might want to use at the moment), as well as suggestions based on the time and your location (such as places to have lunch, shop, or get gas), swipe from left to right from the Home or Lock screen to summon the today view.

To actively search on the main search screen, pull down from the top of the screen (like pulling down a window shade) to summon Notification Center, and then swipe left to right to surface the today view. Enter your search query in the box at the top of the display by using the virtual keyboard. The iPhone starts spitting out results the moment you type a single character, and the list narrows as you type additional characters. In fact, even before you tap a key, you’ll see Siri suggestions with icons for apps the phone thinks you might want to access right then and there.

Search results are pretty darn thorough. Say you entered Bell as your search term. Contacts whose names contain Bell will show up, along with folks who work for companies named Bell. If your Music library has the song “One Last Bell to Answer” or performances by violinist Joshua Bell, those may show up, too. Same goes for any third-party iPhone apps with the word Bell in the name. And if bell is mentioned in a note, a message, an email, an event, and more, such references will also appear. Tap any listing to jump to the contact, ditty, or app for which you’re searching.

You have some control over the type of search your phone conducts. From the Home screen, tap Settings ⇒ Siri & Search. Tap each bundled or third-party app listed here, and make sure the Suggestions in Search button is flipped on (so that green is showing). You can flip on Siri Suggestions also in Look Up, on the Lock screen, and when Sharing. Siri is supposed to learn more about your behavior over time and make suggestions based on how you use the app. Tap to turn off the switch for any of these items that you don’t want automatically included in your search.