It will be amazing to see what Shortcuts are created and shared and which apps continue to adopt this feature. However, for now, the app is available to download from the link below. You can follow iPhoneFirmware. Skype screen sharing now out of beta on iOS and Android — 9to5Google. It is only slightly easier and more user-friendly so that less technical people can use it.
Nevertheless, we expect that it will mainly be the pro-users who start working with the Shortcuts app. Another improvement is that you decide which voice commands you use. If you see an action for which you want to make a shortcut, tap the plus sign and you will get a pop-up to say your command. If you want to redo the action now, you simply say it to Siri. Then, the relevant shortcut is executed or the correct app is opened.
The Shortcuts application has two sections. In the footer, you will find two tabs — Library and Gallery. In the library, you will find all the shortcuts that you have added to your iPhone or iPad while in the gallery you will discover all kinds of recommendations and suggestions by Apple related to different categories such as sports, health, calendar, music, and photography.
In this tutorial, we will manually create a new shortcut so you can see how the application works. Step 1 Download the Shortcuts app from the App Store. Step 2 Open the Shortcuts app from your home screen after you download it. The app will now display a splash screen that will highlight its various features. Select Get Started to close it. Step 4 In the left pane, you will find various actions for your shortcut.
Step 6 Go back to the shortcut screen and add another action. Step 8 Tap the Name field and enter the name of your shortcut. If my battery levels drop below a certain percentage, I can just tap the shortcut of the script and it automatically takes my GPS position and includes it in a text and asks for a recipient and sends.
This can be modified to the point that I just have to tap one icon on the home screen and it takes care of the rest. Literally a lifesaver. Install Low Battery SoS. Since I started using shortcuts I have always been on the lookout for scripts that eliminate these unnecessary steps.
With this script, I can just do it with the tap of a button. Install Whatsapp Non Contact. I always have to manually open the google maps app and enter my home address to start a commute. Even though I can save the route on Google Maps but that just covers one scenario. With this shortcut, I just have to feed my address once and it would always generate a route to my home from my current location. To feed your Address tap on the options button on the top right, enter your Address and press Done.
Install Directions Home. Reddit has its own obsession with emojis, no not the mainstream ones with hues and colors but ASCII emojis. These are considered weird in their own sense but are quite hilarious. Yup, its that simple, plus I can even add more emojis to the list by editing the script itself. This, for example, is an insult generator but it creates in Shakespearean English. It is so much fun. I just keep it on my home screen and introduce these phrases in general conversations.
Even better it has a collection of quite a few phrases and never gets old. Install Shakespearean Insult Generator. Sure Google allows you to add web pages to a reading list which you can save for later but what if there was a way to save the entire webpage on your iBooks as a PDF file, This script parses the page and extracts the data and saves it in a PDF file.
Although it might not retain all the formatting it does keep all the text. Install Save Page to Books. Whenever I go out for dinner It always is a struggle to calculate the tip for the meal. Sometimes I have to sneakily open my calculator on my phone and enter the amount and calculate the tip. Thanks to this shortcut I can just enter the amount and it prompts me to select a percentage and quickly shows the tip and the total bill.
Install Tip Calculator. I use Spotify as my goto music player and use it while going for a jog, writing, or commuting to work. The whole ordeal takes less than 5 seconds and the track starts playing. The 10 Best iOS Shortcuts in Joe Martin February 8, Does that sound interesting?
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