In 2014, a group of us hacked Siri to open it up to 3rd party commands, such as unlocking your Tesla, sending a payment on Venmo, or turning up your thermostat. It became the first App Store for voice commands—before Alexa Skills or SiriKit existed—called GoogolPlex. Our project placed 3rd at PennApps S2014 and grew to over ~25,000 users and developers.
You can read more about it here:
- TIME: Crazy Siri Hack Brings Voice Commands to Google Maps, Spotify
- TechCrunch: Hack Siri To Control Spotify, A Nest, A Tesla, And Give Directions Through Google Maps
- WIRED: College Kids Hack Siri to Unlock Teslas and Heat Up Your House
- Forbes: Apple Reportedly Plans To Open Siri To Third Parties (Just As Hackers Force It Open)
- Engadget: College kids gave Siri new powers and now you can too
- Gizmodo: This Simple Siri Hack Lets You Control Anything With Your iPhone
- PCMag: GoogolPlex Hack Makes Siri More Useful