There are multiple types of users within iOS, but we could group them into two broad categories. First, there are those who don’t want to mess around with their iPhone and use it as it comes out of the box. On the other hand, there are those who want to squeeze the most out of their device and explore everything it has to offer.
If you are at this point, it is because you clearly belong to the second group. Today, we will help you get to know the best Shortcuts for you to incorporate into your iPhone.
How do I allow the use of third party Shortcuts?
The Shortcuts application has been on our iPhone for several iOS versions, but not many are aware of its potential. Thanks to this application, we can “program” actions to be performed autonomously as soon as a specific situation arises. We can configure our own shortcuts from scratch or even install those that others have made. However, for the latter we first have to do a couple of things:
To allow the use of external shortcuts, we will have to go to Settings > Shortcuts > Allow untrusted shortcuts. By default, Apple prevents the user from installing shortcuts from others in the name of security and avoiding unpleasant surprises. Once this is done, you are ready to fill your iPhone with shortcuts!
The 9 iOS shortcuts you should keep in mind this 2023
Quickly call a phone
Is there someone you call too much? It could be your mother, your father, your partner, etc… If you need to be in contact with that person much longer than usual, with this shortcut you can call them automatically and save a little time along the way.
Saves battery life to the maximum
Thanks to this shortcut, you will not suffer (so much) when you see your iPhone’s battery percentage drop dangerously low. You can choose when to activate the saving mode and also disable many more functions to spend as little as possible.
Share WiFi with a QR code
Surely more than once you’ve been asked for your WiFi password and had to spend a lot of time dictating the code. Well, that tedious ritual is over: thanks to this shortcut, you can generate a QR code that can be scanned by both Android and iOS users. In this way, they will automatically connect to your WiFi network without having to mess it up too much.
Download YouTube videos
This is one of the most used shortcuts and rightly so. By simply copying the link of the video we want to download, the shortcut will do the rest and we will have it at our disposal from the Files application.
Download videos from Twitter
Just like YouTube, who hasn’t wanted to save a Twitter video or two? If you use Elon Musk’s social network a lot, give it a try in your daily life.
Download videos from Safari
And we continue with video downloads. This shortcut will be useful for Safari web pages. When you activate it, it will download all the videos of the web page you are on.
Delete duplicate photos from the Camera Roll
If you have too many duplicate photos on your device, this shortcut will help you delete all the ones you don’t need in one fell swoop. The shortcut takes care of searching for files that are found twice on your iPhone so that you can then delete them without much hassle. Of course, it is a good way to save some space if you need it.
Open a Spotify playlist
Many of us can’t imagine a life without music. Thanks to this shortcut, we will be able to automatically play our most listened playlist from Spotify. After that, all we have to do is enjoy our favorite songs.
Convert video to GIF
This shortcut is a bit more complicated than the others as it uses many steps to get to its end. However, thanks to it you will be able to convert your videos into GIFs. If you like to send GIFs to your friends, this is a good way to make them without breaking your head.
