7 Basic iPhone Tricks I Built With iOS 27’s Revamped Shortcuts App

From halting my doomscrolls to automating air-quality checks, Apple’s streamlined Shortcuts app is my favorite iOS 27 feature.

The top 3

  1. From Workflow to iOS Shortcuts: A Journey: Apple's native automation began with the acquisition of the popular third-party app Workflow in March 2017, which was then rebranded and integrated as the Shortcuts app with the launch of iOS 12 in September 2018.
  2. Key Milestones in Shortcuts App Development: Since its debut, Shortcuts has seen significant enhancements, including becoming a default app in iOS 13 (2019), the introduction of personal automations, expanded integrations, and new AI-powered actions in iOS 26 and 27 for more intelligent workflows.
  3. Top 3 Advanced Shortcuts for Power Users: Advanced Shortcuts enable complex automations such as location-based grocery reminders, dynamic smart home controls triggered by events like connecting to CarPlay, and AI-powered tasks like parsing dictated notes into individual reminders or events.

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