Opens to News stories about the NBA, including scores, schedules, teams, and special curated categories for events like the Playoffs.
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.
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+.
Opens the deep link into Apple News+ for the Emoji game. Here’s how Apple describes it:
“The object of this logic and word puzzle is to complete several phrases with as few moves as possible. Each emoji may be interpreted directly, through association, or in combination with other emoji. When you attempt an answer or expand a clue, it counts as a move.”
Presents a menu of options for opening into Apple, HomeKit, or Apps stories in the News app.
Opens the “Puzzles” section available for Apple News+ subscribers, which shows Crosswords, Crossword Mini, and Quartiles games.
Opens to the latest stories from Wired available for Apple News+ subscribers, as well as links to the various issues above.
Asks you to enter a query, then activates Spotlight search and shows results.
Shows the Mentions-only tab in Ivory with replies to your Mastodon posts.
Asks you to enter a destination, then opens driving directions in Apple Maps.
Presents a menu of Portfolio-style presentations to create in Keynote – choose from Industrial, Blueprint, Graph Paper, Chalkboard, Photo Portfolio, and Leather Book.
Opens the “See More” link from your curated Comixology homepage to the “Discover a new comic series” page on Amazon.
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