Thanks Sieghard, that’s very helpful. I didn’t know you could create a shortcut to alert you about battery charge reaching 100 %. Can you please share the steps for creating that shortcut? I also want help with automation such as I want my iphone to play NPR radio station using apple music without prompting at 8 AM. It is possible to create such routines on Alexa just by speaking to it. To create the routine. I am sure it is possible to do it with the iphone. I want to do it on my Iphone SE 2nd generation. I will appreciate if you can share the steps for creating such an automated shortcut. MT
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2025, at 10:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shortcuts can be quite powerful since you can create a shortcut which does > 10 different things. There is a Shortcuts app and there are many shortcuts in > a Gallery which are shortcuts others have created and made available. For > example, I once came across a shortcut which was riggered by the phrase "I'm > getting pulled over" so if you said that to Siri, it would start a video > recording and at the same time send a message to people you specified should > receive it. > There are also the shortcuts from apps which offer them, one example is > Seeing AI. If you open the Seeing AI app and tap on the menu at the top left, > then Settings > Configure Siri Shortcuts, you can specify phrases which start > the various functions of Seeing AI. > Once you go into that option, it will say "Select the activity with which you > want to use the Siri shortcut". > If you swipe right you have: > Read > Describe > Recognize World > Recognize Person > Recognize Products > Recognize Light > Recognize Currency > Recognize Colour > Find My Things > Recognize New Person > Browse Photos > Recognize Documents > Underneath all of this is the following explanation: > Assign phrases to each activity to access it from Siri. You may choose custom > phrases such as "What does this say" to recognize short text or "How much is > this" to recognize currency. > Of course you could enter whichever phrase you want, for example, if you had > trained Seeing AI to recognize certain people, you could set the phrase to be > "Whose ugly mug is this" or for currency you could set it to be "Hey baby, > what type of dough is this". > This is a simple application of Siri shortcuts, if you use the shortcuts app > you can create a shortcut which opens a certain app and then does things and > you can then assign a phrase just as in the example above to rigger the > shortcut. > You could also set a shortcut which isn't triggered by a phrase at all, for > example, you could make a shortcut which would play a tone or jingle when > your iPhone's charge reaches 100% or you could make one which says > "Flashlight is now on" when you turn on the iPhone's flashlight. Shortcuts > can be super simple and very complicated. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Carolyn Arnold > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 5:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Shortcut related > > I haven't experienced any of that. If I put something in the oven, I say, Hay > Siri, set timer for an hour, like today with dressing, then Hay Siri, set > timer for 30 minutes for it to brown with foil removed. > > Carolyn Arnold > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Manan Trivedi > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 1:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Shortcut related > > Dear all. > > Sometimes I get suggestion regarding shortcut on my iphone. For instance, > sometimes the notification would say “shortcut, set timer for 10 minutes” I > assume it will set a timer if I double tap it. Can i do anything else with > it? Like bringing the icon for that shortcut to home screen? Looks like I > don’t understand the concept of shortcut especially most of the actions you > want the phone to take can be achieved by telling Siri. > > Can some people share how and what for they use shortcuts for? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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