Open YouTube Shorts

Opens the YouTube Shorts feed in the iOS and iPad apps, or the YouTube Shorts page on web.

Actions

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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20YouTube%20Shorts
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open YouTube Shorts” end tell

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