Change language for Siri

Opens the deep link into Settings > Siri and Search > Language to let you change between one of the many options available.

Actions Used

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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Change%20language%20for%20Siri
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Change%20language%20for%20Siri
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Change language for Siri” end tell

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