Open Food in News+
Opens to the new “Food” section in Apple News+ that curates stories and recipes for you.
iOS 18 shortcuts
Open Recipe Catalog in News
Opens the News app to stories from the Recipe Catalog feature, new in the new Food section in Apple News+.
Show Healthy Eating stories
Opens the News app to stories about Healthy Eating, located in the new Food section for Apple News+ subscribers.
Show Kitchen Tools and Techniques
Opens the section for Kitchen Tools and Techniques in the new Food section for Apple News+ subscribers.
Open from my pinned conversations
Presents a menu of nine conversations to open in Messages, matching your list of nine pinned conversations from within the app.
Open a conversation
Prompts you to choose from all your conversations in Messages, listed in chronological order from recent to oldest, then opens your choice.
Show the group chat
Opens the conversation in Messages for your primary group chat, so you can text them all the details.
Open chat with Mom
Opens the Conversation in Messages with your mother, so you can ask when’s a good time to call her.
Open chat with Dad
Opens the conversation with your father, allowing you to see your past messages.
Open chat with Sibling
Opens the Messages conversation with your sibling, so you can stay better-connected.
Open the Family thread
Opens the conversation for your Family group chat so you can keep up with everyone.
Translate
Starts dictation, then translates the text to English (or a language of your choice).
Open Magnifier
Opens the Magnifier for iPhone and iPad that lets you zoom in, capture images, and add color overlays to see better.
Take Photo
Opens the iPhone or iPad camera to let you take a photo using the rear lens.
Toggle grayscale
Toggles the Color Filters accessibility setting, which can turn your device black or white and remove all color if set to grayscale (among other options).
Go to Home Screen
Returns to the Home Screen immediately, dismissing any active apps, Home Screen pages, or Control Center screens.
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Open Photos TV
Opens the Apple Photos app for Apple TV, then shows the Remote so you can select an album or a memory to play.
Set up Emergency Contacts
Opens the deep link into the Settings app for the Emergency Contacts feature.
Batch-create shortcuts in new folder
Asks you to enter a folder title and creates it, then for a list of shortcut names (with any text prepended or appended), then creates those shortcuts in the folder – designed for quickly making Home Screen shortcuts.
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