What’s new in Shortcuts for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26 and visionOS 26
Find out about the new features in Shortcuts for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS.
Get complete step-by-step instructions and information on all of the features in Shortcuts:
New in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26 and visionOS 26
This update includes enhancements to the Shortcuts app across all platforms, including new intelligent actions and an improved editing experience. Shortcuts on macOS now supports personal automations that can be triggered based on events such as time of day or when you take actions like saving a file to a folder, as well as new integrations with Control Centre and Spotlight.
New Actions
Freeform
“Add Files to Board”
Image Playground, requires Apple Intelligence*
“Create Image” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
“Find Message”
Measure
“Launch Measure” (iOS)
Messages
“Find Message”
“Find Conversation”
Screen Time
“Get App & Website Data” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
Sports
“Get Upcoming Sports Events” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
Photos
“Rename Album”
“Search Photos”
“Create New Memory”
“Filter Library”
Reminders
“Show Quick Reminder” (iOS and iPadOS)
Stocks
“Delete Symbol from Watchlist”
“Add Symbol to Watchlist”
Use Model, requires Apple Intelligence*
“Use Model” allows you to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models or ChatGPT and provide responses that feed into the rest of your shortcut (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
Visual Intelligence, requires Apple Intelligence*
“Open Visual Intelligence” (iOS)
Voice Memos
“Find Voice Recording”
Weather
“Add Location to List”
“Remove Locations from List”
Writing Tools, requires Apple Intelligence*
“Adjust Tone of Text” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
“Make List from Text“ (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
“Make Table from Text” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
“Proofread Text” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
“Rewrite Text” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
“Summarise Text” (iOS, iPadOS and macOS)
Updated Actions
For those building custom shortcuts, some actions have been updated:
“Calculate Expression” can now evaluate expressions that include units, including real-time currency conversion rates, temperature, distance and more
“Create QR Code” can now specify colours and styling
“Date” can now specify a holiday
“Find Contacts” can now filter by relationship
”Transcribe Audio” performance has been improved
“Show Content” can now display scrollable lists of items, such as calendar events, reminders and more
Shortcut Editor
For those building custom shortcuts, updates have been made to the shortcut editor:
Improved drag and drop and variable selection
Over 100 new icon glyphs are now available, including new shapes, transportation symbols and more
Rich previews of calendar events, reminders and more
The ability to choose whether shortcuts appear in Spotlight Search
macOS Improvements
Spotlight
Shortcuts can now accept input, such as selected text from an open document, when being run from Spotlight.
Automations
Shortcuts can now be run automatically based on the following triggers:
Time of Day (“At 8:00 am, weekdays”)
Alarm (“When my alarm is stopped”)
Email (“When I get an email from Jane”)
Message (“When I get a message from Mum”)
Folder (“When files are added to my Documents folder”)
File (“When my file is modified”)
External Drive (“When my external drive connects”)
Wi-Fi (“When my Mac joins home Wi-Fi”)
Bluetooth (“When my Mac connects to AirPods”)
Display (“When my display connects”)
Stage Manager (“When Stage Manager is turned on”)
App (“When ‘Weather’ is opened or closed”)
Battery Level (“When battery level rises above 50%”)
Charger (“When my Mac connects to a power source”)
Focus (“When turning Do Not Disturb on”)
Control Centre
Shortcuts can be added as controls to Control Centre and the menu bar, including Run Shortcut, Open App and Show “Menu Bar” Collection
*Apple Intelligence is available in beta with support for the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions. For more information on language and feature availability or system requirements, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.