Apple's iOS 27 Shortcuts App Adds More Than 35 Actions and Three New Automations
Apple's iOS 27 release notes list more than 35 new and improved Shortcuts actions covering Messages, Reminders, Photos, VPN and stored content, plus three new automation triggers and a simpler way to build shortcuts.
In Messages, the app gains actions to Send Tapback, Mark as Read, Delete Messages, Delete Conversations, Open Inbox and Search in Messages app. Reminders picks up Edit List, Create Groups, Delete Groups, Create Section and Delete Sections. For VPNs, Apple added Get Current VPN and Find VPNs, and for shortcuts that keep their own data, there are Get Stored Content, Store Content, Delete Stored Content and Add Item to List. A General action named Get Selected Text is also new.
Photos receives six new actions: Favorite Photos, Hide Photos, Auto Enhance Photos, Find Albums, Delete Albums and Open Photo.
Apple also upgraded existing actions. Use Model now supports enhanced Apple Intelligence models and can pull current information from the web. The If action supports Otherwise If for more complex logic, while Create Note and Append Text to Note now handle Markdown, and Append Text to Note can add text to the beginning or end of a specific section of a note.
Send Message can now target group chats, and Find Message can filter by sender. Get What's On Screen returns more structured information about what is displayed, and Extract Text From Image can pull tables or lists out of an image. Scan QR or Barcode can process a file directly on iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
Several upgraded actions are limited to certain platforms. Set Volume can adjust the volume of alarms, timers and system sounds on iOS and iPadOS. Get Network Details supports Ethernet interfaces. Location can reference a user's home and work locations on iOS, iPadOS and visionOS, and Get Travel Time gains Avoid Tolls and Avoid Highways options on those same three systems.
Three automations are new in iOS 27. One runs when a notification arrives from News, one runs when a keyboard is connected on iOS and iPadOS, and one runs when a screenshot is saved on iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
The notes were published alongside the iOS 27 release and its companion updates, and 9to5Mac's account is based on Apple's own documentation for the Shortcuts app.
【Editor's Summary】Apple's iOS 27 Shortcuts app adds more than 35 new and improved actions, including new Messages, Reminders, Photos, VPN and stored-content commands, plus three new automation triggers for notifications, keyboard connections and screenshots. Existing actions were also extended, with Apple Intelligence web access, Otherwise If logic, Markdown support in Notes actions and group-chat messaging among the upgrades. Apple published the details in its release notes, which 9to5Mac summarized.