A system is now available  iOS 14 For everyone, it is packed with useful new features to help you get things done on iPhone faster and easier. The Shortcuts app in particular has seen a big upgrade in the new OS, with more options to automate tasks so you can make your phone do what you need without your interference. Learn what's new in the Shortcuts app and what it can do.

What is the Shortcuts app?

For those of you who don't know, the Shortcuts app lets you automate specific tasks or task sequences that you can run with a single click or a Siri voice command. You can review our previous article on shortcuts via this link.

a word "Automation“Is a translation of a word Automation It is a new term given to everything that works independently without human intervention, or it is the use of computers, machines and automatic devices in order to reduce the volume of work that people do more quickly.

Through shortcuts, for example, you can create a shortcut to silence your phone for 30 minutes or any time you specify, and all you have to say is "Hey Siri, do not disturb temporarily" or whatever formula you prefer. Or, you may want to set a shortcut so that when your phone reaches a certain battery level, Siri will automatically lower the screen brightness, for example, and stop location services to save battery. And through shortcuts, you can also, for example, tap the phone from the back twice to carry out specific tasks, or a shortcut that performs certain tasks when you reach another location, and much more.

Shortcuts engineer Daniel Hsu said about new features, in the past, you had to go to the Shortcuts app to complete a task, but on iOS 14, shortcuts would run smoothly in the background and only prompt you if you needed to enter any information, for example if you had a shortcut to arithmetic tips. For example, it will ask you to enter the invoice.

What's new in Shortcuts in iOS 14?

In iOS 14, open the app and tap the tab Automation Or Automatic control At the bottom, then click Create Personal automatic control Or Create Personal Automation. You can also set up a Automatic control that works for everyone in your home.

Create a personal automation

Through this section, you can create different tasks that work automatically. For example, in the "Time during the Day" section, defining a task that works automatically at certain times during the day, at sunrise or sunset, or specifying a specific time, and repeating that task daily, weekly, or even monthly.

After setting the time, click on the next at the top, then press Add Action, and you can, for example, select a specific message to specific numbers at a fixed date, or launch a specific application such as the Music application at a specific time and you can choose from ten tasks that are automatically run, and the settings apply You can choose from twenty automatic tasks.

The tasks vary according to the application, the following image shows the tasks related to the media:

Also in the Alarm section, there are specific options and tasks that you can set when the alarm is triggered or at snooze time.

In the sleep section, you can define tasks that run automatically when relaxation starts, “Do not disturb, for example,” or when you start sleeping, or when you wake up, “Call someone automatically.”

And in the Access section, you can define tasks that run automatically upon reaching a specific location, but here you have to allow the application to access the site.

And in the CarPlay section, run tasks that run automatically when or not online.

And by scrolling to the bottom of the list, you will find tasks related to the battery and energy conservation, for example you can set tasks to run automatically upon reaching low power, such as turning on Do Not Disturb or stopping certain services, until energy is saved until charging.

Also, when the charge percentage reaches 50% or above, you can set tasks to run automatically when this percentage is reached, or even when the charger is connected, you can set specific tasks.

The list goes on, you can choose from what suits your needs and daily tasks.

Automatic control suggestions

In the Gallery section, Apple has added auto-control suggestions that help you make use of these tasks in a simple and proper way.

In fact, the update to the Shortcuts app in iOS 14 got a lot of attention before Apple. You can try it to make your daily tasks easier.

What do you think of the Shortcuts app updates in iOS 14? Do you use any of those tasks? Let us know in the comments.

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