04/18/2024

The Right Shortcuts can Give Your iPhone Superpowers

Here’s how to automate simple tasks

Back in high school, Spencer Tamburello’s iPhone would automatically check a local news website every morning to see if snow had shut down his school.

If school were closed or delayed, his phone would automatically shut off his alarm and send a text message to his parents asking to let him sleep in.

Those precious extra hours of sleep came courtesy of Shortcuts, a free app that has come preinstalled on iPhones since 2019. It’s easy to overlook since its name does not tell you much, but it can be a powerful way to make your iPhone perform complicated tricks or handle tasks for you, as Tamburello found, before you even wake up.

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