Apple’s Shortcuts app in iOS 27 adds a user-friendly new way to build shortcuts, plus 35+ new and improved actions and automations. Here’s the full list.

New actions include Messages (“Send Tapback”, “Mark as Read”, “Delete Messages”, “Delete Conversations”, “Open Inbox”, “Search in Messages app”), Reminders (“Edit List”, “Create Groups”, “Delete Groups”, “Create Section”, “Delete Sections”), VPN (“Get Current VPN”, “Find VPNs”), Shortcuts Storage (“Get Stored Content”, “Store Content”, “Delete Stored Content”, “Add Item to List”), General (“Get Selected Text”), and Photos (“Favorite Photos”, “Hide Photos”, “Auto Enhance Photos”, “Find Albums”, “Delete Albums”, “Open Photo”).

Improved actions: “Use Model” supports enhanced Apple Intelligence models and can now get up-to-date information using the web; “If” now supports “Otherwise If”; “Create Note” and “Append Text to Note” support Markdown; “Send Message” now supports group chats; “Find Message” can filter by sender; “Get What’s On Screen” returns more structured info; “Extract Text From Image” can extract tables or lists; “Scan QR or Barcode” can process a file directly; “Set Volume” can set volume for Alarms, Timers, and System Sounds; “Get Network Details” supports Ethernet; “Location” can reference home and work; “Get Travel Time” has “Avoid Tolls” and “Avoid Highways”.

New automations: Notifications (“When I receive a notification from News”), Keyboard (“When my keyboard is connected”), and Screenshot (“When a screenshot is saved”). Which new iOS 27 Shortcuts additions are your favorites?