Tired of waiting for Apple to open up Siri to more developers? So were a group of college students, who’ve come up with a clever workaround. Their hack is called “Googolplex,” and it allows users to create custom voice commands for Siri. These commands can even hook into third-party apps, so you can ask Siri to get directions from Google Maps or play a song in Spotify. Best of all, the setup is extremely simple, and can be done by anyone without jailbreaking: Head to betterthansiri.com and create an account. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Wi-Fi and tap the “i” button next to your wireless network’s name. Scroll to the bottom, and under “HTTP Proxy,” select “Auto” and enter “http://totally.betterthansiri.com” (without quotes) into the URL field. Initiate a Siri voice command starting with the word “Googolplex” (or “Google Plex”), and select “Continue” from the box that pops up. When prompted, enter your username and password from step one. At this point, you should be able to use custom Siri voice commands beginning with the word “Googolplex.” For instance, you can say “Googolplex, give me directions to the nearest gas station,” and Siri will pull up those directions in Google Maps instead of Apple Maps.

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