Apple's Shortcuts app now builds automations from plain English

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Apple's Shortcuts app now builds automations from plain English

Apple's Shortcuts app now lets iPhone users describe an automation in plain English, and Apple Intelligence assembles the steps. The feature needs iOS 27 and an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence. Engadget's reviewer found results hit or miss: a request to turn the phone off at 20 percent battery only locked the screen. Generated shortcuts can be edited, and users can choose Cloud, Cloud Pro, On-Device or ChatGPT models for text tasks.

Why it matters: If your staff use iPhones for repetitive tasks, test any AI-built shortcut on a few real cases before relying on it. Results can be close but wrong, so check each step.

Source: Engadget

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