See stories from Bay Area
Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.
Show News+ Audio Stories
Opens into the Audio Stories section of Apple News+ so you can listen on your device.
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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+.
Show my saved stories
Opens into the Saved Stories tab of the News app, where you can quickly access news stories you’ve saved for later – I’ll often save multiple stories as I browse, then visit this tab to read them all one-by-one.
Read about Music
Presents a menu to open into News stories about Music, Guitar, Bass, Drums, or Amps.
Read about Apple
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Show%20%EF%A3%BFNews%2B%20Audio%20Stories
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Show%20%EF%A3%BFNews%2B%20Audio%20Stories
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Show News+ Audio Stories”
end tell
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Explore nearby landmarks
Takes a location as input or your current location and searches for nearby destinations noted as Landmarks, then opens your selected option in Maps.
Customize Siri responses
Opens the deep link into Settings > Siri and Search > Siri Responses where you can toggle where to Prefer Silent Responses, PRefer Spoken Responses, or set it to Automatic. Options also include a toggle to Always Show Siri Captions and Always Show Speech – I have these all turned on.
One Thing progress bar
Sample shortcut showing how One Thing can be used to show progress.
Open Subtitles and Captioning preferences
Opens the deep link into Settings > Accessibility > Subtitles and Captioning where you can enable or disable Closed Captions + SDH. Also includes options for the Style, and whether to Show Audio Transcriptions for announcements from HomePod.
Open Search
Prompts you to enter a search query, then generates the deep link into TikTok to the results.
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