Toggle Now Playing for audio
Switches the Apple Watch setting to Auto-launch Audio Apps to the Now Playing screen.
Actions Used
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Toggle%20Now%20Playing%20for%20audio
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20Now%20Playing%20for%20audio
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Toggle Now Playing for audio”
end tell
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