
When iOS 26 launched, it brought a variety of upgrades and expansions to the Shortcuts app, including 25+ brand new actions. Here’s everything new.
Apple’s Shortcuts app quietly got a lot more powerful this year thanks to new LLM-based actions, and automations coming to the Mac.
But as , there are a lot more changes than that. Unlike many other app updates, Apple has of Shortcuts changes.
Here are all of the new Shortcuts actions available in iOS 26:
Freeform
Image Playground
Measure
Messages
- “Find Message”
- “Find Conversation”
Photos
- “Rename Album”
- “Search Photos”
- “Create New Memory”
- “Filter Library”
Reminders
Screen Time
Sports
- “Get Upcoming Sports Events”
Stocks
- “Delete Symbol from Watchlist”
- “Add Symbol to Watchlist”
Use Model
- “Use Model” allows you to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models or ChatGPT and provide responses that feed into the rest of your shortcut
Visual Intelligence
- “Open Visual Intelligence”
Voice Memos
Weather
- “Add Location to List”
- “Remove Locations from List”
Writing Tools
- “Adjust Tone of Text”
- “Make List from Text“
- “Make Table from Text”
- “Proofread Text”
- “Rewrite Text”
- “Summarize Text”
Additionally, Apple notes that several existing actions have been updated and improved:
- “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 colors 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, like calendar events, reminders, and more
For all of the other changes Apple brought to Shortcuts in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, . There are new glyphs, settings, detailed lists of Mac automation features, and more.
Which new Shortcuts features in iOS 26 have you been enjoying? Let us know in the comments.
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