Play Apple Pay ping
Gets base64-encoded text for the Apple Pay ping sound, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
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Play iPhone boot chime
Gets the base64-encoded text for the iPhone boot chime, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Play confirmation sound
Plays a sound file of your choice. Use this as a confirmation sound for your NFC tags.
Play Mac sound
Gets the sound library from macOS, picks a random file, and plays it out loud.
Play Start Up song
Gets the base64-encoded text of the Apple start up song from their keynote, decodes it, and plays the sound out loud.
Honk
Uses base64-encoded audio from the Untitled Goose Game and decodes it, then plays the sound.
Shame
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Shame sound from Game of Thrones, decodes it, and plays it twice at 75% volume with a short break in between.
Make fun of me
Takes three lists of Shakespearean insults and combines them into one remark, making it appear as if Siri is making fun of you using old English slang.
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What a blockhead
Gets the base64-encoded text for the Charlie Brown sad walking music, decodes it, and plays it out loud.
Play my audio recording
Takes encoded audio and decodes it into a sound, then plays it. Uses embedded audio or newly-encoded audio copied to the clipboard.
Open Notifications preferences
Opens the Notifications section of the Settings app on both iOS and macOS.
Disable Announce Notifications
Turns the “Announce Notifications” feature of Siri off so she doesn’t speak out loud while wearing headphones.
Toggle Announce Notifications
Switches the “Announce Notifications” feature for Siri on or off (depending on how it was last set).
Announce Notifications
Turns the “Announce Notifications” feature of Siri on, so she speaks notifications out loud.
Open VPN settings
Opens the VPN and Device Management page in Settings on iOS or the Network preference pane on macOS.
Stop VPN from connecting on-demand
Disables the “Set On Demand” feature for a specific VPN network.
Connect to VPN
Connected to a specific VPN. If you have more than one, use List and Choose From List to pick between them.
Open Bluetooth preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Bluetooth on iOS or the Bluetooth pane in System Settings on macOS.
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