From halting my doomscrolls to automating air-quality checks, Apple’s streamlined Shortcuts app is my favorite iOS 27 feature. Called “Describe a Short,” it lets you say what you want it to do ...

iOS 27 is packed with new Apple Intelligence features, with Siri AI chief among them. But the Shortcuts app offers another standout AI upgrade in iOS 27 thanks to a new ‘describe a shortcut’ feature.

There’s a reason why so many Apple enthusiasts love the Shortcuts app. Like Automator on the Mac, it’s one of the most powerful tools on your iPhone. With Shortcuts, you can automate simple tasks or ...

Describe a Shortcut translates natural-language requests into working automations, making one of iOS’s most powerful tools far easier to use. I'm PCMag's Senior Mobile Writer. I write about Android, ...

Apple's free Shortcuts app helps users get things done faster by automating a wide range of tasks, but the process of building new shortcuts on a step-by-step basis is fairly complex, especially for ...

Shortcuts is one of those iPhone features I always recommend but rarely see people use. The reason is simple. While Shortcuts is incredibly powerful, creating one requires some technical understanding ...

Apple has leveraged AI to make its visual-scripting tool, Shortcuts, easier to use in iOS 27, in a reveal shown at its WWDC 2026 event. The Shortcuts app was largely built for power users who wanted ...

Federico Viticci at MacStories is out today with yet another wild tool that integrates with Apple’s Shortcuts app. Shortcuts Playground from Federico is a plugin for Claude Code and Codex that can ...

For years, the Shortcuts app on the iPhone has remained one of the most frustrating parts of the user experience. On one hand, it’s an utterly powerful app to create automations and perform multi-step ...

Keyboard shortcuts have been a staple feature in Windows for decades, but most users only know the basics. At first glance, they don’t seem all that useful since you can also do these actions with ...

The iOS Shortcuts app enables iPhone users to automate tasks, simplify workflows, and customize their device for greater efficiency. As outlined by ThioJoe, this app allows you to create personalized ...

Ctrl + Home – Navigate to the top left of your dataset Ctrl + End – Navigate to bottom right corner of your dataset Ctrl + Arrow keys – Jump from one side of table to the other in the direction of the ...