You've always been able to ping an iPhone from your Apple Watch. With iOS 17, you can ping an Apple Watch from your iPhone's Control Center.
iOS 17 lets you ping your Apple Watch from the iPhone’s Control Center
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DarkPods forces any iPhone’s AirPods pairing interface to obey the dark mode setting
Dark mode applies to several facets of the iOS mobile operating system, except for those inconvenient places where it doesn’t. One of those places would be the AirPods pairing interface, which includes several different makes and models of AirPods from the standard ones to the noise cancelling AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.
Violet Pro can give Siri on your jailbroken iPhone a lot more character
Back in October of 2022, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called Violet that allowed you to customize your pwned iPhone’s Siri interface such that it would have a custom background, and it even provided a more aesthetically-pleasing welcome screen every time you would pick up and use your device. More desirably, Violet replaced the traditional Siri presence with one of your liking, which could have been a person or character to behave as your personal assistant.
iOS 17 lets you just say “Siri” although “Hey Siri” still does the trick
iOS 17 lets you just say “Siri” instead of the usual “Hey Siri” trigger phrase. As a bonus, Apple’s digital assistant now recognizes multiple back-to-back commands.
Ding lets jailbroken iPhone users customize what happens when actuating the ring/silent switch
If you’re interested in more ways to take advantage of your iPhone’s ring/silent switch, then a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Ding by iOS developer Nebula is very likely to captivate your interest.
Find your missing jailbroken iPhone with the BlueFinder tweak, now with rootless support
Misplacing your iPhone can be one of the most frustrating experiences ever, and unless you have another device at your disposal to check Find My iPhone, you’d ordinarily be on your own in finding your lost handset.
Anti-theft jailbreak tweak No2Theft updated to support rootless iOS 15 & 16 jailbreaks
One of my favorite anti-theft jailbreak tweaks of all time, No2Theft by iOS developer Elias Sfeir, has been updated this week to take advantage of the rootless dynamic of some of the latest jailbreaks on iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16, such as Dopamine and palera1n.
App Switcher-colorizing SwitchShades jailbreak tweak updated to support rootless iOS 15 & 16 jailbreaks
For folks who like having more color at their fingertips when interacting with their iPhone’s user interface, the popular SwitchShades jailbreak tweak by iOS developer AnthoPak has been updated this week to support rootless iOS 15 and 16 jailbreaks such as Dopamine and palera1n.
Jailbreak news of the week: palera1n jailbreak updated, port iOS 16’s subject selection to iOS 15, & more…
We make it our priority to cover jailbreak news as it happens throughout the week, but if you’re stuck at work or in class throughout the week, then you’re more likely to miss those real-time postings. That’s why we make roundups just like this one.
AIM Pro iOS 16-style Lock Screen customization tweak picks up rootless jailbreak support
Back in March, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called AIM Pro by iOS developer AliMaulana that offered comprehensive Lock Screen interface customization right from the comfort of your Lock Screen.
Zebra package manager for jailbroken devices updated to v1.1.32 with bug fixes & improvements
If you’re using the Zebra package manager app on your jailbroken iPhone or iPad, then today would be a good day to open it up and refresh your sources.
New OCD jailbreak tweak colors Home Screen’s Haptic Touch menus to match app icons
If you’re interested in a jailbreak tweak that will add a splash of color to your Home Screen’s Haptic Touch/3D Touch menus that appear when you use one of these gestures on an app icon, then we’ve got just the jailbreak tweak for you.