Here are the new Apple Shortcuts app features in iOS 17

iOS 17 is finally available to the public, as are iPadOS 17 and watchOS 10 The updates bring many new features, such as improvements to iMessage, FaceTime and NameDrop It also brings many new features to the Shortcuts app and Apple has released a detailed document highlighting everything new in the Shortcuts app.

iOS 17 brings new Shortcuts app actions

Apple describes shortcuts as “a quick way to complete one or more tasks with your apps”. Users have endless possibilities to create automation with native iOS features as well as integrations with third-party apps.

With iOS 17, watchOS 10 and macOS Sonoma (which will be available next week), more features will be available to users (via Matthew Cassinelli) For example, you can now create a shortcut to convert an audio file to text, clear alerts, scan documents, or create a Time Machine backup.

Here is a list of new commands available with the updates:

• Transcribe Audio creates text from an audio file
• Clear Alarm Removes selected alarms from the clock
• Editing a sleep alarm will skip the next sleep alarm or reactivate a missed sleep alarm.
• Open Camera Opens the Camera app in a specific shooting mode, eg b. “Selfie”.
• Open Collection takes you to a specific section of the Photos app, such as Photos. B. “Place”.
• Passwords appear under “Passwords” in Settings on iOS and under “System Preferences” on macOS
• End Workout Completes your current workout session on iOS and watchOS
• Scan Document takes a photo and saves it to iOS’s Files app
• Get Current Timer, Stop Timer, Resume Timer and Cancel Timer are now supported on iOS
• Start Stopwatch, Cycle Stopwatch, Stopwatch Stop and Reset Stopwatch are now supported on iOS
• Set hotspot password and get hotspot password are now supported on iOS
• Changing cellular plans, setting default lines, setting data roaming, finding a cellular plan, and resetting cellular data statistics are now supported on iOS
• Start a Time Machine backup Start or stop backing up your data with Time Machine on macOS
• Move window, resize window, find window, find ads, and find apps are now supported on macOS

Updated procedure

With the latest software update, Apple has improved some of the features already present in the Shortcuts app. How:

• Set timer can now start a new timer even if a timer is already running
• Find Alarms Get all alarms now and retrieve all alarms or only those that match your filter criteria
• Volume controls can now be used to adjust media volume or ringtone volume
• Healthy samples now support more types of data, such as: B. Sleep, mood and appetite changes
• Event attendees for calendars now have a type attribute to separate individuals, groups, and rooms
• There are now more options in getting network details such as: B. Channel number, device MAC address and price information
• Tech Photo is now more reliable when taking multiple photos in a row

For more information on what’s new in the Shortcuts app this year, see Check out the article published on Apple’s official website.