{"id":941590,"date":"2026-10-26T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941590\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:00:22","slug":"watch-the-iphone-duo-run-a-shortcuts-automation-when-it-is-opened-or-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941590\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the iPhone Duo run a Shortcuts automation when it is opened or closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iPhone-Duo-allows-Shortcuts-automations-based-on-opening-or-closing-it.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Watch the iPhone Duo run a shortcut automation when it is opened | Image shows a sequence of screengrabs illustrating the feature\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new video demo shows that you can use the Shortcuts app to trigger automations on opening or closing the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/iphone-duo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">iPhone Duo<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One potential use for this is to configure the iPhone Duo to automatically lock when you fold it \u2026 <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itspdfu\/status\/2103844438531346933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pdfu<\/a> discovered the code last month, but this is the first time we\u2019ve seen a video of the new feature in action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available triggers are when the phone is opened, closed, or either opened or closed. In the demo video below, YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stephenrobles\/status\/2113358296052531616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stephen Robles<\/a> uses the Open trigger to automatically open a productivity app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robles confirmed in the thread that you can use the automation to automatically lock the phone when you close it. More whimsically, a commenter suggested they would use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/IkE9xDCpceg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the AOL Instant Messenger door<\/a> open and closing sound, originally used to notify you when a contact logged on or off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How would you use the automation? Please share your ideas in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stephenrobles\/status\/2113358296052531616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stephen Robles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793023221_647_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793023222_385_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new video demo shows that you can use the Shortcuts app to trigger automations on opening or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-941590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}