Apple continues to roll out a new feature for its Shortcuts app that will allow users to perform specific actions using Apple Intelligence models, according to recent code discovered by Nicolás Alvarez and confirmed by MacRumors.
For those who are not familiar with the Shortcuts app, the app allows users to create a number of actions or actions – called shortcuts – to perform tasks automatically or with minimal interaction. Actions can include anything from sending messages to controlling smart home devices. The app emerged as part of Apple’s 2017 acquisition of Workflow, which was renamed Shortcuts the following year.
As part of iOS 26, Apple added Apple Intelligence support to the Shortcuts app, allowing AI models to be added to shortcuts. On the other hand, the new version that Apple is working on will allow users create actions that use Apple Intelligence models – by giving voice commands in natural language, for example – that should make the app more appealing.
Last June, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that Apple was working on an AI-driven feature for release in 2025, but he said that the delay could see it start in 2026. For iOS 27, Apple is expected to include an updated Siri that works like a real conversation and can interact with devices, so it is possible that the shortcuts generator of its capabilities will be part of its tools.
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