The number of tweaks and hacks Siri has given rise to is really impressive, right from ports for various iOS devices to playing the Piano.
We have also seen a custom plugin created for Siri Proxy that allows you to control the Spotify app using Siri.
It looks like Spotify's CEO Daniel
Ek who Forbes calls "The Most Important Man In Music" loved the hack as
he seems to be using the hack to control the Spotify app on his iPhone 4S.
He showed off the Siri and Spotify hack
in an interview with Forbes when he was asked if he plans to build a
voice activated interface for Spotify:
He takes out his
iPhone. Using its Siri voice software, he asks it when tomorrow’s first
appointment begins. After a few seconds the computerized voice says 11
a.m. “Imagine if this was three times as fast or truly understood my
intent,” Ek says. “It’s probably the biggest threat to Google; it’s a
whole new way of interacting.”
Does he plan on
building a voice activated Spotify interface? He flashes a mischievous
smile. “Play me some Coldplay,” he tells the phone. Its small speakers
ring out with the opening piano chords of the band’s hit “The
Scientist.” “We hacked into it a few weeks ago,” Ek says, with a
satisfied nod. “I’m not an inventor. I just want to make things better.”
Siri currently works with third
parties such as Wikipedia, Yelp and Wolfram Alpha. It remains to be
seen when Apple will release an API for Siri that will allow companies
like Spotify to easily integrate their apps with Siri. Apple's job
postings have revealed that they're actively working on it.
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