{"id":258909,"date":"2025-10-29T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/258909\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:16:10","slug":"ios-26s-shortcuts-app-adds-25-new-actions-heres-everything-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/258909\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26\u2019s Shortcuts app adds 25+ new actions, here\u2019s everything new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shortcuts-ios-26.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When iOS 26 launched, it brought a variety of upgrades and expansions to the Shortcuts app, including 25+ brand new actions. Here\u2019s everything new.<\/p>\n<p>Shortcuts in iOS 26: Everything new<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s Shortcuts app quietly got a <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/30\/shortcuts-in-ios-26-everything-new-coming-to-your-iphone-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lot more powerful<\/a> this year thanks to new LLM-based actions, and automations coming to the Mac. <\/p>\n<p>But as <a href=\"https:\/\/matthewcassinelli.com\/whats-new-in-shortcuts-for-ios-ipados-macos-watchos-visionos-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discovered by Matthew Cassinelli<\/a>, there are a lot more changes than that. Unlike many other app updates, Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/125148\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">published a full list<\/a> of Shortcuts changes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all of the new Shortcuts actions available in iOS 26:<\/p>\n<p>Freeform<\/p>\n<p>Image Playground<\/p>\n<p>Mail<\/p>\n<p>Measure<\/p>\n<p>Messages<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind Message\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind Conversation\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRename Album\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSearch Photos\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreate New Memory\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFilter Library\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reminders<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow Quick Reminder\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Screen Time<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet App &amp; Website Data\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet Upcoming Sports Events\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stocks<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelete Symbol from Watchlist\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdd Symbol to Watchlist\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Use Model<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse Model\u201d allows you to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models or ChatGPT and provide responses that feed into the rest of your shortcut<\/p>\n<p>Visual Intelligence<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen Visual Intelligence\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voice Memos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind Voice Recording\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weather<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdd Location to List\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemove Locations from List\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Writing Tools<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdjust Tone of Text\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake List from Text\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake Table from Text\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProofread Text\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRewrite Text\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSummarize Text\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Apple notes that several existing actions have been updated and improved:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalculate Expression\u201d can now evaluate expressions that include units, including real time currency conversion rates, temperature, distance, and more<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreate QR Code\u201d can now specify colors and styling<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDate\u201d can now specify a holiday<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind Contacts\u201d can now filter by relationship<\/p>\n<p>\u201dTranscribe Audio\u201d performance has been improved<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow Content\u201d can now display scrollable lists of items, like calendar events, reminders, and more<\/p>\n<p>For all of the other changes Apple brought to Shortcuts in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/125148\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">check out the full support document<\/a>. There are new glyphs, settings, detailed lists of Mac automation features, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Which new Shortcuts features in iOS 26 have you been enjoying? 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