Apple @lemmy.ml yoavlavi @programming.dev 1 yr. ago

Using Siri as a command palette

Go to Settings ➜ Accessibility ➜ Siri
Turn on "Type to Siri"
Go to the Shortcuts app
Create shortcuts that ask for input with short names (they're not case sensitive)
Your iPhone now has a command palette

A screenshot of an iPhone with Siri being typed to and running a shortcut with the name "dg". The shortcut searches DuckDuckGo. The input is "Siri as a command palette".

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Could you expand a bit on step 4? Do you have to create just one shortcut, or do you create multiple shortcuts?
- Multiple, they don't have to accept input but they can like in the DuckDuckGo example. The idea is to set up easy to type commands you can execute quickly
- Multiple shortcuts, I imagine - the one in this screenshot looks like “dg” to search DuckDuckGo.