Half a month ago, Xiao Hei was full of expectations for Apple’s autumn conference. In the end, he only waited for tablets and smartwatches, and the iPhone 12 mobile phone he was longing for did not appear. Only iOS 14, released by Cook at the end of the conference, can slightly calm Xiao Hei's disappointment. Desktop widgets, privacy protection, APP resource library, picture-in-picture mode, and various new small functions, Xiaohei has a great time playing.

▲ iOS14 feature update

Among the many updates, Xiaohei pays special attention to the update of “shortcut commands”. In the latest iOS14 system, "shortcut commands" have undergone considerable changes in terms of interface, interaction and automated updates. Simply put, "shortcut commands" are easier to use than before, making it easier for advanced users to find specific commands.

▲ "Shortcut Commands"

For Xiao Hei, "Shortcut Commands" give the system more room for expansion, allowing a mobile phone to be filled with various unknown functions and countless new features. Fun little features can make life more interesting. However, for many iPhone users, "Shortcut Commands" is just a mediocre official APP, which is almost blank and can't find anything outstanding.

In fact, "Shortcut Commands" can be regarded as the most powerful APP on the iPhone. If you find the right skills, "Shortcut Commands" can do almost anything. In order to let more iPhone users enjoy the convenience of "shortcut commands", Xiaohei decided to introduce how to learn to use it from scratch.

How do shortcut commands work?

"Shortcut command", formerly known as "shortcut", as the name suggests, is a shortcut software that allows users to complete a task in a simple way. A series of operations may enable more complex functions. There are many complicated operations on mobile phones. Although it only takes a few clicks, it wastes a lot of time invisibly. For example, if Xiaohei checks in on DingTalk every day, he needs to complete the five-step operation of unlocking the phone - opening DingTalk - finding the smart work assistant - clicking the "Punch in" button - clicking the "Clock in/out of get off work" button, and "shortcut commands" can It is reduced to a two-step operation of "unlock the phone-check in on DingTalk".

▲ DingTalk punch-in shortcut command

Of course, "shortcut command" is not a simple software that reduces steps, it also has many additional functions. If you are a reader lover, you can scan the QR code to find books with one click; if you are a Douyin lover, you can download watermark-free videos with one click; if you are a music lover, you can search for music on the entire Internet with one click; if you are a data lover, you can also It can directly generate a countdown tool to remind you in real time how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left in this year. In short, "shortcut commands" give iPhone users a huge space for independent creation. As long as you dare to think and act, you can realize many unexpected functions.

▲ There are many ways to open shortcut commands

No matter how easy to use the shortcut command is, it is useless if you don’t know how to operate it. There are currently four ways to open shortcut commands. The first is to open the "Shortcut Commands" APP and tap one of the commands in "My Shortcut Commands". The second method is to add "shortcuts" to desktop widgets. You can select one, four or six widgets and launch them directly on the home screen.

The third method is similar to the second method, but this method is to add a single shortcut command to the home screen and open it like a standalone APP. The last method is related to Siri, which directly awakens the corresponding shortcut commands through voice control.

Entry-level operations: official commands and simple shortcut commands

To realize shortcut command operations, how to open the optical system is not enough. Xiaohei said before that when a novice first enters the Quick Commands APP, he or she cannot see any commands. All commands must be obtained by themselves and their brains.

First of all, you must be diligent in doing things. Apple has prepared automated suggestions in advance in the "Quick Command Center" to guide novices in learning to add simple commands, such as opening the smart work assistant at 8 a.m. every day and browsing in Chrome at 12 a.m. every day. Search in the browser and so on. These operations only require one click, which is simple and convenient.

▲ Automation suggestions

After learning, you can try the shortcut commands officially provided by Apple. For example, recording drinking water data can automatically perform 3 operations, namely recording drinking water data, Extract text "How much water did you drink" from the list, as well as record health samples. Note that you need to obtain the "water" permission in the health application. In addition, the official drinking water data provided is incomplete, so you can add new items by yourself.

In the Shortcut Command APP, Apple provides about twenty official commands, including reading later, introduction to shortcut command functions, music testing, displaying screenshots, making QR codes, etc., to help users A variety of quick operations can be achieved without using your brain.

Of course, the shortcut commands provided by Apple cannot satisfy everyone. Xiao Hei feels that most of the official shortcut commands are useless and few are easy to use. Without official instructions, you can actually use your own brain to create simple and shortcut instructions.

For example, create the simplest shortcut command to read the battery aloud. Click the "plus sign" in the upper right corner of the homepage, select "Add Action", find "Script", click to scroll down to find "Get Battery Power", then click the "plus sign", click the "cross" to the right of the script, select the document and find "Read text aloud", finally click Finish, and set the shortcut name to "Read aloud battery". In this way, as long as you click the command in the shortcut APP, the system can automatically read the current battery level of the mobile phone. It is worth noting that when setting up shortcut commands, you can choose the language, speed and pitch, and there are also a variety of sounds to choose from.

In the shortcut command, there are many options such as APP, script, location, personal collection, web page, etc. Each option has several to dozens or hundreds of choices, and users can freely By combining, modifying, and setting commands, you can open whichever software you want to open, and set whichever special function you want to set, giving you a huge creative space. By following the steps of "read text aloud", you can create a variety of personalized functions, such as wake-up alarm clock, reminder to drink water, one-click scan code payment, etc.