Matthew Cassinelli, one of many minds behind Workflow, joins us on this week’s episode of The MacRumors Present to speak Apple Shortcuts and potential enhancements and AI options coming to the app in iOS 18.
Workflow was a novel iOS app that allowed customers to create macros for executing particular sequential duties on their system. In 2017, Apple acquired Workflow and, the next yr, it was rebranded as “Shortcuts.” Shortcuts have since change into a key a part of Apple’s ecosystem and can be utilized for an enormous vary of highly effective, automated actions. Matthew was current at Workflow all through its transition to Apple and now provides his personal library of complicated Shortcuts, which you’ll entry over on his web site.
Final yr, a report from The Data claimed that ‌iOS 18‌ will introduce some main AI options to Siri and the Shortcuts app. Apple apparently desires ‌‌Siri‌‌ to have the ability to assist customers automate complicated, multi-step duties with voice-based instructions and have a lot deeper integration with Shortcuts, equivalent to by probably serving to customers construct them.
We break down Apple Shortcuts for inexperienced persons and have a look at among the many use-cases for the app, in addition to think about the place it might go subsequent with AI. The MacRumors Present is now on its personal YouTube channel, so ensure you’re subscribed to maintain up with new episodes and clips going ahead:
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