Apple Enhances Shortcuts with AI-Powered Natural Language in iOS 27
Quick Look
Apple's Shortcuts app in iOS 27 now uses AI to allow users to create automations by simply describing tasks in natural language, making it more accessible to non-technical users.
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Why It Matters
Shortcuts was initially designed for power users to automate tasks.
Apple has leveraged AI to make its visual-scripting tool, Shortcuts, easier to use in iOS 27, as revealed at WWDC 2026. The update allows users to describe tasks in natural language to automate them, aided by Apple Intelligence. Cecilia Dantas highlighted the shift towards accessibility for non-technical users, demonstrating an example where a user types a request to notify their partner with an ETA upon leaving work, which Shortcuts automates using Apple Maps and Messages. Edits can also be made through natural language. The feature will launch with iOS 27 this fall.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Increased adoption of Shortcuts among non-technical users
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Full list of AI capabilities in the new Shortcuts
