What’s new in Shortcuts for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, watchOS 10 and visionOS 1

Learn about the new features in Shortcuts for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS.

Get complete step-by-step instructions and information on all the features in Shortcuts:

New in iOS and iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, watchOS 10.4 and visionOS 1.1

This update includes new actions and enhancements to the Shortcuts app on macOS.

New actions

Get Orientation provides the current device orientation (such as portrait or landscape) on iOS and iPadOS
Get Activity determines your current activity (walking, running, cycling, or in a car) on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS
Shut Down, Copy to Clipboard, Recognize Music, and Show Definition are now available on visionOS

Shortcuts app on macOS

Keyboard navigation is now supported in menus when running shortcuts
Shortcuts can now be dragged from the library while in list view to folders in the sidebar
Opened windows are now restored when the app relaunches
Improved performance and reliability

This update adds enhanced VoiceOver support in the Shortcuts library and improved app performance.

Updated Actions

Choose from Menu and Choose from List now prevent your device from sleeping when run from the Action button and awaiting a response
Combine Images now correctly aligns images when output on macOS
Split Screen Apps now correctly handles ratios on iPadOS

This update includes new actions and personal automations, enhancements to existing actions, and improvements to running shortcuts.

New Actions

Transcribe Audio generates text from an audio file
Delete Alarms removes specified alarms from Clock
Edit Sleep Alarm skips the next sleep alarm, or reactivates a skipped sleep alarm
Open Camera opens the Camera app into a specific capture mode, such as “Selfie”
Open Collection navigates to a specific section of the Photos app, such as “Places”
Show Passwords navigates to Passwords in Settings on iOS and System Settings on macOS
End Workout completes your current workout session on iOS and watchOS
Scan Document captures an image and saves it to the Files app on iOS
Get Current Timer, Pause Timer, Resume Timer, and Cancel Timer are now supported on iOS
Start Stopwatch, Lap Stopwatch, Stop the Stopwatch, and Reset Stopwatch are now supported on iOS
Set Hotspot Password and Get Hotspot Password are now supported on iOS
Toggle Cellular Plan, Set Default Line, Set Data Roaming, Find Cellular Plan, and Reset Cellular Data Statistics are now supported on iOS
Start Time Machine Backup starts or stops backing up your data with Time Machine on macOS
Move Window, Resize Window, Find Windows, Find Displays, and Find Apps are now supported on macOS

Updated Actions

For those building custom shortcuts, some actions have been updated:

Set Timer can now start a new timer even if there’s already one running
Find Alarm now replaces Get All Alarms, retrieving all alarms or only those which match filter criteria
Set Volume can now adjust either the Media volume or the Ringtone volume
Health Samples now support more data types, like sleep, mood, and appetite changes
Event Attendees for Calendar now include a Type attribute, to distinguish people, groups, and rooms
Get Network Details now includes more options, such as channel number, hardware MAC address, and rate information
Take Photo is now more reliable when taking multiple photos in a row

New Personal Automations

Transaction automations can run when a Wallet transaction is made on iOS and watchOS
Stage Manager automations can run when Stage Manager is turned on or off on iPadOS
Display automations can run when an external display is connected or disconnected on iPadOS

Updated Personal Automations

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Arrive, and Leave automations now have the option to run immediately

Published Date: March 13, 2024