{"id":30528,"date":"2018-07-05T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/07\/05\/ios-12s-siri-shortcuts-app-goes-live-for-developers-only"},"modified":"2018-07-05T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:22:12","slug":"ios-12s-siri-shortcuts-app-goes-live-for-developers-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/ios-12s-siri-shortcuts-app-goes-live-for-developers-only\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 12&#8217;s Siri Shortcuts app goes live for developers only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- font size selector, BEGIN --> <span class=\"cfix\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"gray small byline\"> By <a href=\"mailto:rfingas@gmail.com\">Roger Fingas<\/a> <br \/><span class=\"gray\">Thursday, July 05, 2018, 11:22 am PT (02:22 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span><span class=\"article-leader\">Developers can now request access to an early version of Apple&#8217;s Shortcuts app, which lets iOS 12 owners create custom automations triggered through Siri.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ios-12s-siri-shortcuts-app-goes-live-for-developers-only.jpg\" alt=\"iOS 12 Shortcuts\" class=\"lazy\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ios-12s-siri-shortcuts-app-goes-live-for-developers-only-1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Access is restricted to developers only, and people accepted for testing must install the app through <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/testflight\/id899247664?mt=8\">TestFlight<\/a>. In release notes, Apple cautions that &#8220;limited actions&#8221; are currently available, and won&#8217;t sync via iCloud.<\/p>\n<p>In fact the Shortcuts beta has several known issues, others being that some actions won&#8217;t appear when running custom shortcuts in Siri, and it can&#8217;t yet open apps when a device is locked. Apple also notes that shortcuts provided to the INVoiceShortcutCenter suggested shortcuts API are not available when viewing an app&#8217;s actions in Shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>Apple issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/07\/05\/apple-issues-second-public-beta-of-ios-12\">second public beta of iOS 12<\/a> earlier on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/06\/04\/siri-shortcuts-in-ios-12-deliver-a-macro-system-to-help-automate-your-tasks\">promise of Shortcuts<\/a> is the expansion of automation beyond HomeKit to every aspect of iOS, so long as developers enable hooks in their own titles. During Apple&#8217;s WWDC keynote in June, the company used the example of a custom &#8220;I&#8217;m heading home&#8221; phrase for Siri, which automatically texted a contact with a preset message, adjusted a HomeKit thermostat, turned on a fan, presented estimated travel time, and started playing NPR. In iOS 11, this would require several separate commands.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is similar to the skills and routines baked into Amazon&#8217;s Alexa. To develop its own equivalent Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/17\/03\/22\/apple-acquires-automation-app-workflow-title-to-remain-on-app-store\">bought out Workflow<\/a>, which allows automations akin to Shortcuts but more limited.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By Roger Fingas Thursday, July 05, 2018, 11:22 am PT (02:22 pm ET) Developers can now request access to an early version of Apple&#8217;s Shortcuts app, which lets iOS 12 owners create custom automations triggered through Siri. Access is restricted to developers only, and people accepted for testing must install the app through TestFlight. 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