If you’ve jailbroken
your iPhone 4S, you have access to some great tweaks for adding
functionality to Apple’s digital assistant, Siri. You can turn Siri into your
personal translator, launch apps and toggle system settings, tweet, and and even
change the look of the Siri UI.
We’ve collected the best tweaks in Cydia to help you supercharge Siri on your
jailbroken iPhone 4S.
AssistantExtensions
AssistantExtensions is perhaps the ultimate jailbreak tweak for enhancing
Siri on the iPhone 4S. With this incredible tweak you can use your voice to
compose tweets, open all your of apps, search
YouTube, and more. The best part
is that AssistantExtension allows for developer plugins, so you can keep adding
more features as new plugins are created. Did we mention that it’s all free?
MyAssistant
Many of MyAssistant’s features overlap with AssistantExtensions, but there
are a few differences worth noting. You can create custom voice commands for
settings toggles and even make your own custom conversations. You can also use
photos from your device’s Camera Roll to customize Siri’s background. There’s
some added customization for opening third-party apps as well. Grab it in Cydia
for $1.
Hands-Free Control
This $3 tweak takes Siri to a whole other level. Instead of having to double
tap the Home button, you never have to touch your iPhone to use the digital
assistant. With a custom voice command, Siri will initiate itself from across
the room. You could, for instance, set an alarm with Siri from bed without ever
having to get up and grab your iPhone. Because Hands-Free Control is always
running in the background, you may notice a slight drain in battery life, but
nothing too detrimental.
Lingual
With Lingual, Siri becomes your personal translator. This incredible
AssistantExtensions plugin will take a phrase you give Siri and translate it
into another language almost instantly. There’s support for over 30 languages,
including Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Russian and Hebrew. Lingual could
very easily be a tourist’s best friend, and it’s available for free now in
Cydia.
SiriLoveLyrics
Have Siri show you lyrics for your favorite tune. Just say “show text” or
“show lyrics” while a song is playing in your Music app. Not bad for $1.
SiriLaunch
Because a double tap of the Home button is too difficult, the free SiriLaunch
tweak adds a nifty little mic icon to the bottom left of your Notification
Center.
TweetLine
TweetLine is a free plugin for AssistantExtensions that loads your Twitter
timeline inside Siri’s interface. To trigger TweetLine in Siri, simply say the
word “timeline.” The last 5 tweets from your timeline are displayed in plain
text, but you can’t open links or specific profiles. It’s all very basic, but
kind of neat if you have a quick second to kill and you want to see your most
recent tweets.
TinyAssistant
TinyAssistant lets you resize the bottom Siri window to your liking. You can
hide the “What can I help you with?” help dialog. Saying “help” into Siri will
bring it back. Get it in Cydia for free.
Neurotech Siri
This is by far the greatest theme for Siri in Cydia. It’s like Siri meets
sci-fi. Lots of the default interfaces in Siri have been skinned to match the
theme, and you’ll notice how well done it is as you use it more. It’ll cost you
$1 in Cydia and it does require Winterboard.
Siri Mic Colors
Purple Siri is
soo boring. Why not change it up a bit? Once
installed for free in Cydia, this simple package spices up your iPhone’s digital
assistant with some rainbow flair.
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