Master iOS 12 shortcuts

Learn about Siri shortcuts and the shortcuts app, with easy-to-follow examples from an expert who worked on early versions of the app.

When you put iOS 12 on your iPhone or iPad, it probably took a day or two for one of the new operating system’s most helpful and powerful features to reveal itself. By now you should have started to notice that your device is more helpful than before, suggesting actions on the Lock screen that it knows you’ve taken before and probably want to repeat.

These suggestions are just the start of how using your iPhone or iPad is now made much more efficient. Let’s say you have a task that requires you to jump around in one or more apps. In many cases, you can use Apple’s Shortcuts app to create powerful automations to do the job, and run them with just a tap of the screen or by voicing instructions to Siri.

Here’s how to make the most of these exciting and powerful new iOS 12 features.