AppStories

Shortcuts Wish List, 2021 Edition

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This week, Federico and John take a hard look at Shortcuts, an app they rely on every day, and consider how they would like to see Apple evolve the app this year and beyond.

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    • What’s New

      • Federico rethinks his RSS and ‘read later’ workflow as well as his Home Screen setup
      • John signs up for a Hey personal account and figures out how to sleep his Mac and eject external drives with the press of a button

      • Shortcuts Wish List, 2021 Edition

        • Shortcuts Wishes: The App
          • Block folding
          • Color-coded actions
          • Sub-folders
          • More colors and icons
          • An action browser
          • Debugging tools
          • Shortcut locking
          • Shortcuts Wishes: Actions
            • Multitasking actions
            • Better Files integration
            • Complex UI building tools
            • Safari actions
            • The ability to run Swift and JavaScript
            • Apple Music service actions
            • Simplified Web API integration
            • Shortcuts Wishes: Automations
              • Deeper HomeKit support
              • Apple TV integration with home automations
              • Personal automations that can run at set intervals
              • App-based triggers
              • Proximity and presence triggers
              • Shortcuts Wishes: Everything Else
                • Widgets
                • Trigger shortcuts with inputs via Siri
                • Run Apple Watch shortcut complications on the Watch face
                • Global hotkeys
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