Change Background Sound
Turns background sounds on or off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise and can be used when media is playing. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Toggles background sounds and sets the noise to Rain.
Presents a menu of the six options for Background Sounds available in Accessibility—balanced noise, bright noise, dark noise, ocean, ra, and stream sounds—then activates the choice, turns on the sounds, sets the volume to 20%, and also allows sounds during background media at 10%.
Gets the length of an article from input and divides the words by 200 to get a rough reading estimate.
Plays the Connected podcast from Relay.FM with Myke Hurley, Stephen Hackett, and Federico Viticci.
Asks you to enter a total length of time, then logs it as a stretching workout.
Gets the RSS feed from the Shortcut Input and copies the URL to the clipboard.
Activates a Home scene set to control the lamps in my family room, turning them on or off depending on the current state.
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