Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Read about games
Presents a menu of various gaming-related News channels, like the generic Games, plus Video Games, Xbox, Nintendo, VR, Consoles, and Oculus channels in the News app.
Actions
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See issues from National Geographic
Opens to the “Issues” tab of the Nat Geo magazine in Apple News+, where you can open or download specific issues.
Read about photography
Presents a menu to browse stories around photography, cameras, editing, photoshop, or individual photographer
Show Puzzles in Apple News
Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
See stories from Apple News Today
Opens to the Apple News Today podcast category, where you can find individual episodes published as stories as well as links to articles mentioned in the show.
Open Apple News Spotlight
Opens into the special News+ Spotlight section of the News app curated by Apple editors, including sections like Conversation Starters, Better Living, Weekend Reads, Good News, and Best of News+.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20games
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Read%20about%20games
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Read about games”
end tell
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