Translate with Google Lens
Opens the Google app to the Lens feature and looks for text to translate on-screen.
Search on Twitter
Asks you for a query, then opens the Twitter app to show you results.
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YouTube Search
Asks you to type out your query, then for YouTube videos on the subject.
Make a Google Image Search
Takes a query as input and opens Google results under the Image tab in Safari.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20on%20Twitter
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20on%20Twitter
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search on Twitter”
end tell
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Drive to my AirBnb
Gets driving directions from your current location to the pre-programmed address of your AirBnb (add it here upon booking).
Move Speakers
Asks you to choose a speaker, then changes the current playback destination there and starts Podcasts.
Open Perplexity Discover
Opens the Discover page from Perplexity, which curates top stories for you and summarizes them.
Open Google Lens
Opens the Google app to the Lens function so you can use your phone’s camera to scan the environment around you and perform AI functions like real-time translation of street signs.
Toggle listening history
Asks you to pick a focus mode, then toggles the current Music Focus Filter setting for “Use Listening History” so you can switch whether or not to Use Listening History for a chosen focus with an existing filter. Works well as a Control in Control Center.
Show me tech news
Uses the Show Topic action from News to open into the main Technology news category, which I’ve found is a good superset or generic term that captures all the best stories from tech subjects I’m interested in before I dive into more specific topics.
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