Top 5 Shortcuts For iPhone
You pretty simply iPhone you’ll just install them I’ll show you how to do that later on now what we can do initially here is just go to our widgets I already have the shortcuts widget here and you’ll see I have Wi-Fi off and on Bluetooth off and on so those four are going to be our first shortcut since they’re fairly simple and straightforward now a lot of people were annoyed that Apple changed the control center when you turn Wi-Fi off it says it only does it until tomorrow so what we’ve made is a shortcut to turn it off and on and off and on for Bluetooth now my daughter put these together.
In 2025, iPhone Shortcuts continue to be a powerful way to automate tasks, boost productivity, and personalize your device experience. With ongoing advancements in iOS, these automations are more seamless and intelligent than ever. Here are 5 shortcuts you might actually find incredibly useful in your daily routine:
1. Smart Data & Wi-Fi Management
What it does: This automation intelligently manages your mobile data and Wi-Fi connections to optimize battery life and ensure seamless connectivity. It automatically turns off mobile data when your iPhone connects to Wi-Fi and re-enables it when you leave Wi-Fi range.
Why it’s useful in 2025: As iPhones become more powerful and always-on features increase, managing battery efficiently is crucial. This shortcut eliminates the need for manual toggling, saving battery life and ensuring you’re always on the most efficient network, especially with advancements in Wi-Fi 7 becoming more common.
How to set it up: (This usually involves an automation triggered by Wi-Fi connection/disconnection, using “Set Mobile Data” and “Set Wi-Fi” actions in the Shortcuts app.)
2. Quick Document Scanner
What it does: In one tap, this shortcut opens the document scanner feature and saves the scanned file directly to your Files app. It streamlines the process of digitizing physical documents.
Why it’s useful in 2025: Even in a digital age, physical documents pop up. Whether it’s a receipt, a contract, or a note, quickly scanning and organizing it is a daily need. This shortcut bypasses multiple steps in the Files or Notes app, making the process instant.
How to set it up: (Create a new shortcut with an action to “Scan Document” and then “Save File” to a chosen location in the Files app.)
3. Curb Social Media Addiction / Focus Mode Trigger
What it does: This automation helps you manage your screen time on distracting apps. When you open a designated social media app (e.g., TikTok, Instagram), it can automatically switch you to a productivity app of your choice (e.g., Reminders, Notes) or even activate a specific Focus Mode.
Why it’s useful in 2025: Digital well-being and combating screen addiction remain a significant challenge. This proactive shortcut helps you stay on track with your tasks by interrupting habitual social media Browse and redirecting your attention.
How to set it up: (Create a Personal Automation triggered by “When App Is Opened” for your chosen social media apps. The action can be “Open App” for a productivity app or “Set Focus” for a specific Focus Mode.)
4. My Action Button Smart Controller (for iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max & later)
What it does: For iPhone models with an Action Button (like the iPhone 15 Pro and newer), this shortcut makes the button incredibly versatile. It can perform different actions based on your phone’s orientation or context, such as silencing the phone when face down, opening the Notes app in portrait mode, or launching a specific camera app in landscape mode.
Why it’s useful in 2025: The Action Button is a powerful customizable input. This shortcut maximizes its utility by turning it into a multi-purpose command center that adapts to how you’re holding or using your device, adding a layer of intuitive control.
How to set it up: (Requires an iPhone with an Action Button. Create a shortcut that uses “If” statements based on device orientation or other conditions, linked to the Action Button in Settings.)
5. Resize Photos & Remove EXIF Data
What it does: This shortcut allows you to quickly resize photos on your iPhone to a custom dimension and even remove sensitive EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data (like location and device details) before sharing.
Why it’s useful in 2025: High-resolution photos can be large and unwieldy for sharing via messages or email, and privacy concerns around sharing metadata are growing. This shortcut streamlines both optimizing images for sharing and protecting your personal information.
How to set it up: (A shortcut that takes input from Photos, uses “Resize Image” and “Remove Details” actions, then offers sharing or saving options.)
These shortcuts demonstrate the power of automation on the iPhone, transforming common tasks into one-tap (or even no-tap) conveniences. As Apple continues to enhance the Shortcuts app and integrate AI capabilities into iOS, expect even more intelligent and context-aware automations to emerge, further streamlining our digital lives.
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I know some of these are out there but my daughter put most of these together especially the more advanced ones and they work really well so if we’ll go to Wi-Fi off you’ll see instantly it is off and it’s not just off in the control center it’s actually off right here you’ll see it’s off Wi-Fi is completely off now if we go here you can turn it back on it will turn back on and then the same is true of Bluetooth turn Bluetooth off if we take a look here you’ll see Bluetooth is off now so it works really well it’s super fast and straightforward turn it back on and again it will turn back on so.
it’s great a simple way to turn that off and on if you want to and leave it off until you want to turn it back on now the next thing is a little bit more advanced we’ll go into the shortcuts app for this one and the next one has to do with right here you’ll see it has to do with morning so we have morning and night these are two separate ones so they’re a little bit more advanced now on.
With an Android iPhone
With an Android phone you can do something say good morning it’s a routine that you can actually say good morning to your phone and it will recognize that and then give you a bunch of information in succession so that’s what we’ve created here so you’ll see here’s the program itself and we’ll need to customize a little bit of it so.
it’s going to give us our travel distance to wherever we’re going so we’ll need to put that in at the bottom and I have it going to the local Apple store it’s going to give us a bunch of information so you need to make sure you have that set and then I’ve also set the voice for this so if you tap on these three dots tap this little button here you’ll see it says good day.
Siri phrase so you see iPhone
I custom-made the customized that Siri phrase so you see. I can rerecord it or delete the shortcut I use that phrase because good mornings already are taken I used a good day so we’ll close that and then we’ll just say good day so that that gives us a status of the whole day now we don’t have to have it read us read it to us like that we can just go in here and tap on it and it will open and give us that information you’ll see it run here it’s doing the same exact thing and we can do that from the widgets as well but it gives.
you the information for the day and you’ll have everything you need right there unfortunately when it’s reading it back it says your shortcut says so far they haven’t removed that ability now the same is true for g’ night this one does a little bit different things again I’ve recorded a series of have a good night so we’ll try that one have a good night now this is not an uncommon problem.
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keep running into this but the shortcut works just fine so if we go into this we’ll run it and it says do you have anything to do tomorrow until you don’t want to forget and you might have noticed it dimmed the screen for the night so we can say yes if we have a reminder and it says is there anything you don’t want it to forget tomorrow.
it auto-fills yes you hit ok and it says by some it will just say milk we’ll just fill in what it already has it done and that’s it so it just asked you if you want a reminder dims your screen and you can have it set alarms as well so we’ll turn this back up so I think you get the idea there so thought it’s that’s really convenient