Apple highlights all the new features of the Shortcuts app in iOS 17

 

Apple has highlighted all the new features of the Shortcuts app in iOS 17, which include:

• New actions for Camera, Clock, and Health: Users can now create shortcuts to open the Camera app in a specific mode, delete alarms, edit sleep alarms, transcribe audio files, and create Time Machine backups.
• Updated actions: Some existing actions in the Shortcuts app have been updated, such as Set Timer, Find Alarm, Set Volume, and Health Samples.
• New features for the Shortcuts Editor: The Shortcuts Editor has been updated with new features to make it easier to create and edit shortcuts. These features include:
  • Linked notes: Users can now create links to other notes in their Shortcuts. This can be useful for connecting related shortcuts or for creating lightweight wikis.
  • Block quotes: Users can now add block quotes to their Shortcuts. This can be useful for visually offsetting a section of text or for quoting from another source.
  • Monostyled text: Users can now add monostyled text to their Shortcuts. This can be useful for displaying code or other formatted text.
  • Open in Pages: Users can now create Pages documents from their Shortcuts. This can be useful for creating long-form content, such as reports or presentations.

The new features in the Shortcuts app in iOS 17 make it even more powerful and versatile. Users can now create shortcuts to automate a wider range of tasks and to create more complex and sophisticated shortcuts.

Here are a few examples of what you can do with the new features in the Shortcuts app in iOS 17:

• Create a shortcut to open the Camera app in Portrait mode and automatically save the photo to your Photos library.
• Create a shortcut to delete all of your alarms for the weekend.
• Create a shortcut to transcribe an audio file and save the transcript to your Notes app.
• Create a shortcut to create a Time Machine backup of your Mac.
• Create a shortcut that creates a new Pages document with a pre-defined template.
• Create a shortcut that links to a note that contains all of your favorite recipes.
• Create a shortcut that adds a block quote to a note with a quote from a famous person.
• Create a shortcut that displays a code snippet in monostyled text.

These are just a few examples, and there are many other possibilities. With the new features in the Shortcuts app in iOS 17, users can create shortcuts to automate almost any task they can think of.