Start Timer
Starts a timer in the Clock app for the specified amount of time.
Set a shower timer
Starts playing your personalized Apple Music radio station, sets a timer for 10 minutes, and turns on the water lock with your Apple Watch face of choice.
Actions Used
Set Volume
Sets the system volume. If you set the volume using a variable, use a number between 0 and 1 (for example, pass 0.5 for half volume).
Change Playback Destination
Sets playback destination to a device.
Device
The device to set playback destination to.
Get the state of Home
Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Set%20a%20shower%20timer
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Set%20a%20shower%20timer
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Set a shower timer”
end tell
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Face Swap
Gets shortcuts from an “Apple Watch faces” folder, presents the list, and swaps to your chosen face.
Ping My iPhone
Pings your iPhone using your Apple Watch, including an optional lights on or off.
Toggle Now Playing for audio
Switches the Apple Watch setting to Auto-launch Audio Apps to the Now Playing screen.
Toggle Wake On Wrist Raise
Switches the current Apple Watch setting for whether to wake the screen as your raise your wrist.
Toggle Theater Mode
Switches the Theater Mode setting on your Apple Watch to enable or disable all alerts, touches, and wake-on-raise-wrist.
3-Day Battery Life
All-in-one control for Apple Watch to turn off wake on wrist raise and the always on display, plus activate Theater Mode to disable any touches.
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