The Shortcuts app for iOS was introduced all the way back in 2018, and in the years since, more and more shortcuts have become available—both added by Apple and shared by Shortcuts users. Shortcuts, in case you've never used the app, essentially lets you put together mini apps that connect a trigger (like a time of day or a button push) with an action (like opening an app or turning off wifi). With a vast number of triggers and actions available, there are lots of potential possibilities here.
The best way to explain how Shortcuts works is to give you a few examples of what it can do, and how these little connectivity tools can help you do more with your iPhone. Here are 10 picks that show off the power of Shortcuts.
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Use News Report AI to get your news right in Notes
With News Report AI added to Apple Shortcuts, you've got yourself an easier and cleaner way of catching up on the day's news without having to venture on to the wilds of the web. Essentially, it turns the RSS feed(s) of your choice into separate entries in Apple Notes.
Save X video clips with this shortcut
There may be times when you're browsing the sprawling social media platform that is X, and you want to save a video you've come across. That's not especially easy in the X app or the X mobile site, but it's easy with the Download X Videos shortcut.
Once you've added it to Shortcuts, the easiest way to use Download X Videos is to pin it to the iOS share sheet (just choose Edit Actions the next time it appears). You can then tap the share button in the X app to find Download X Videos and save clips.
MusicBot offers numerous features, including easy access to mixes. Credit: LifehackerYou can create smart mixes to rediscover tunes you've forgotten about or hear your top songs of the year so far, quickly add songs to playlists, clear your queue with a tap, and dig into your most favorite albums, for example.
Save Current Location will log where you are
There are all kinds of reasons why you might want to save your current location: You want to remember where you parked the car, or where the best fishing spot is, or how far you've walked on a certain day, and the Save Current Location shortcut has you covered here.
Out of the box, your iPhone has settings for warning you about a low battery and saving as much battery life as possible, but the Low Battery Announcement levels up what's possible, and gives you alerts that can be more precisely customized.
Combine this with battery level triggers from the Automation tab in Shortcuts, and you're able to have your iPhone say anything you like when your battery level reaches any point you like—you can set up all the warnings you need about recharging.
Shazam & Save listens for what's playing
It's a good example of how shortcuts can expand on what iOS already offers—in this case, the Shazam-powered music identification capabilities. Having the song also added to your library means you're not to forget about it.
Personalize your post-morning-alarm routine
One of the automation options is stopping an alarm. Credit: LifehackerHere's one idea: Rather than just dismissing your morning alarm and that being the end of it, why not have your favorite morning playlist and directions to the office pop up automatically (so you can see how bad the traffic is)?
Play Music and Maps > Get Travel Time actions, filling in the specifics as prompted. You can then combine the shortcut with the Alarm > Is Stopped automation.
There are a few ways to do this: For your main shortcut, combining the Get Battery Status and Show Alert actions is perhaps the simplest option (using the battery status variable as the content of the alert).
Home option on the Automation tab, and customized further as needed: You can set it to only run between certain times of day, for example.
Run specific actions in your car
Again, there are lots of possibilities. One idea would be to use the Podcasts > Play Podcasts and Weather > Get Weather Forecast actions here, so that you've got your audio listening covered and know the weather conditions to expect on your drive.
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