There are many ways to turn on your phone’s flashlight, but the quickest way to do it without touching your screen is by using the iPhone flashlight voice command. Siri can be used to turn your flashlight on and off, which is great if your hands are full or if you’re looking for your phone in the dark.

Why You’ll Love This Tip

Quickly turn your flashlight on and off using just your voice without even touching your phone.
Enjoy the magic of using spells from the Harry Potter franchise to control your iPhone’s flashlight.
Find your phone in the dark by turning on the flashlight using Siri.

How to Use iPhone Flashlight Voice Commands

System Requirements

This tip was performed on an iPhone 17 Pro Max running iOS 26.5. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

You can turn on your phone's flashlight using Siri. If you want to do it without touching your phone, make sure Listen for "Siri" or "Hey Siri" is enabled. While you're in your Siri settings, double-check if you have just "Siri" or "Hey, Siri" enabled. I prefer "Hey, Siri" because it’s harder to accidentally enable Siri that way. For more tips like this, don't forget to check out our free Tip of the Day newsletter. Here’s how to use the Siri iPhone flashlight shortcuts:

Make sure you are within 30 feet of your iPhone and say, "(Hey) Siri, turn on my flashlight."
Your flashlight will turn on, even if your phone is locked.
To turn it off, say "(Hey) Siri, turn off my flashlight."

Keep in mind that you can just say "flashlight" instead of "my flashlight," and it will work if you phrase it in other ways that your phone understands.

Pro Tip

A fun iPhone Easter egg is that you can say "(Hey) Siri, lumos" to turn your flashlight on and "(Hey) Siri, nox" to turn your flashlight off based on the fictional spells from the popular Harry Potter franchise.

Now you know how to turn your iPhone flashlight on or off using Siri. You can also make your phone's flashlight flash by pressing and holding the ping iPhone button in your Apple Watch’s Control Center.