Change Background Sound
Turns background sounds on or off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise and can be used when media is playing. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Stream Sounds
Toggles background sounds and sets it to Stream noises.
Actions Used
Set Background Sounds
Change the background sound that will play when background sounds is turned on off. Background sounds mask unwanted environmental noise. Background sounds can also be enabled under Accessibility in Settings.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Stream%20Sounds
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Stream%20Sounds
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Stream Sounds”
end tell
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Deactivates Background Sounds and the same “When Media Is Playing,” plus resets the volume to 10% and sound to Balanced Noise.
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