Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device.
Device
The device to set playback destination to.
Activate noise control
Opens the deep link to the phone app, then sets playback to AirPods and turns on Noise Cancellation.
Actions Used
Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
Set Noise Control Mode
Sets a Noise Control mode on your selected device.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Activate%20noise%20control
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Activate%20noise%20control
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Activate noise control”
end tell
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Opens the deep link into the Voicemail section of the Phone app (vmshow://).
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Opens the deep link into the Recents section of the Phone app to see your incoming and outgoing calls, plus any missed calls (mobilephone-recents://).
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Opens the deep link to the Favorites tab in the Phone app (mobilephone-favorites//).
Dial a number
Prompts you to enter a phone number, then asks you to confirm before calling.
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Gets a folder of audio files, lets you choose one, and encodes the result to base64 (to be placed into another shortcut and decoded to play the sound).
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