Many consumers hoped that they would be able to update their Twitter status using the new Siri app, as good as it is. The hope was that by speaking into the mic and then giving Siri a command people would be able to update without typing. Officially Apple doesn't allow this, but there appears to be a guide online that states it IS possible to get it working this way. While the process isn't exactly straight forward (of course) it will allow you to be able to update your Twitter status using voice only, which is great if you don't have time to type, or you just want to make updates spontaneously.

Over at BufferApp Blog - which is a guide we found online it shows you all the steps you need to take to get this working. I must point out you need to follow the steps accordingly to get it working right, and once done you'll be updating your Twitter by giving commands to Siri in no time.

Okay - so this is how it works - Step#1 connect your phone number with Twitter - of course you'll need to make sure Twitter is actually set up on your iPhone first (to do this go to Twitter and select the *Mobile* tab on the right hand side of your profile page)

Step#2 - once you have done all this and entered your mobile phone number into the box provided you'll receive a code from Twitter - please make a note of this! This code is a number that you will have to add to your iPhone - as a contact. If this doesn't work, rename your *contact* as *Twitter* or something similar.

Step#3 - now that you have set the Twitter code as a contact to your iPhone, you'll need to tell Siri to *Text to Twitter* (or whatever you have named the code/contact) followed by whatever status update you are wanting to share and that's it!

Assuming you have followed all the steps above, everything should work just fine and you'll see that Siri has now sent the update to your Twitter account as per your instructions, it can be a handy feature to have especially if you love to update Twitter a lot throughout the day.