New in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS 27

This update includes enhancements to the Shortcuts app across all platforms, including the ability to create shortcuts using a natural language description on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS*. The Use Model action can now tap into enhanced Apple Intelligence models, or even get up-to-date information on anything in your shortcut using the web*. New storage actions allow you to preserve data each time you run a shortcut, and a new XL size widget lets you quickly run a variety of shortcuts from your desktop or Home Screen.

New Automations

• Notifications (“When I receive a notification from News”)

• Keyboard (“When my keyboard is connected”, iOS and iPadOS)

• Screenshot (“When a screenshot is saved”, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS)

New Actions

Messages

• “Send Tapback”

• “Mark as Read”

• “Delete Messages“

• ”Delete Conversations“

• “Open Inbox”

• “Search in Messages app”

Reminders

• “Edit List“

• “Create Groups”

• “Delete Groups”

• “Create Section”

• “Delete Sections”

VPN

• “Get Current VPN”

• “Find VPNs”

Shortcuts Storage

• “Get Stored Content”

• “Store Content”

• “Delete Stored Content”

• “Add Item to List“

General

• “Get Selected Text”

Photos

• “Favorite Photos”

• “Hide Photos”

• “Auto Enhance Photos”

• “Find Albums“

• “Delete Albums”

• “Open Photo”

Updated Actions

• “Use Model” supports enhanced Apple Intelligence models*

• “Use Model” can now get up-to-date information using the web*

• “If” now supports “Otherwise If” for complex logic

• “Create Note” and “Append Text to Note” now support Markdown

• “Append Text to Note” can now append or prepend text to a specific section of a note

• “Send Message” now supports sending to group chats

• “Find Message” can now filter by sender

• “Get What’s On Screen” now returns more structured information about on-screen content

• “Extract Text From Image” can now extract tables or lists from images

• “Scan QR or Barcode” can now process a file directly (iOS, iPadOS, and macOS)

• “Set Volume” can now set volume for Alarms and Timers and System Sounds (iOS and iPadOS)

• “Get Network Details” now supports Ethernet interfaces

• “Location” can now reference a user’s home and work locations (iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS)

• “Get Travel Time” has new “Avoid Tolls” and “Avoid Highways” options (iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS)

Shortcut Editor

• Create shortcuts using a natural language description (iOS, iPadOS, and macOS)*

• Automations are now built directly into shortcuts, including shared shortcuts

• Automations now sync between devices

• Existing shortcuts automatically get summarized with Apple Intelligence in the shortcut editor*