Apple's free Shortcuts app helps users get things done faster by automating a wide range of tasks, but the process of building new shortcuts on a step-by-step basis is fairly complex, especially for those who are not particularly tech savvy.
Starting with iOS 27, though, the Shortcuts app is easier to use than ever. On the iPhone 15 Pro and newer, you can now simply describe the shortcut that you want and Apple Intelligence will automatically assemble it for you.
For example, Apple said you can describe a shortcut that turns on your porch lights at night when you get a notification that your food delivery is arriving.
"Describe a Shortcut" is a huge improvement that makes the Shortcuts app more approachable than ever and opens it up to a much wider audience of users.
iOS 27 is currently in beta and is expected to be released in September.
Apple will release iOS 27 in September, and despite the company's focus this year on refining its flagship operating system and nixing bugs, there are still many additional features on the way, not least of which is Apple's new context-aware Siri, re-tooled for the generative AI era.
This year's major iPhone software update isn't all about AI, though, as the following feature list...
If you pay for certain iCloud+ storage plans beyond the 5GB that Apple offers for free, you will receive two more perks on iOS 27 at no additional cost.
A summary of the two new iCloud+ perks on iOS 27:Increased daily usage limits for some new Apple Intelligence features, including image generation in the revamped Image Playground app.
HomeKit Secure Video cameras receive generated video...
Apple developed more for its next-generation software updates than it revealed at WWDC last week, with three features already present in internal builds being deliberately withheld from the public announcement, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
Writing in the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman says all three missing features are active in internal versions of Apple's...
Apple's first foldable iPhone, with a book-style design featuring a ~5.5-inch outer display and a ~7.8-inch inner display with a minimal crease down the middle.
