Apple debuted a new AI-powered Shortcuts app at WWDC 2025.
According to the firm, developers will have access to Apple’s on-device large language model (LLM) and Shortcuts can now directly access Apple Intelligence.
Users can use Shortcuts to produce responses that feed into the rest of their shortcut by accessing the AI models on their device or using Private Compute. A student might, for example, design a shortcut that employs AI to compare their notes with the audio transcription of their class lecture, then add any important details they may have missed. Additionally, they can use ChatGPT to supply more answers that feed into the input of their shortcut.
With the help of Apple Intelligence, users will be able to access intelligent actions, a new kind of shortcut. For example, there are specific actions for using AI (Apple Intelligence’s Writing Tools) to summarize text or Image Playground to create graphics.
According to Apple, testing of the new features will begin on Monday.
Following the company’s introduction last year of an AI-enhanced update to its virtual assistant Siri, which offers more individualized features and support, comes the AI-assisted Shortcuts app. But Apple later postponed the debut, claiming that delivery would take longer than expected.
The corporation kept up its AI pledges at WWDC 2025, launching an upgraded version of its Shortcuts scripting and automation program.
The less tech-savvy, who have probably avoided using the program that has up to now been more of a power user’s toolkit, may find Shortcuts easier to use as a result of these AI changes.
Popular shortcuts nowadays, for instance, can assist you with tasks like creating personalized GIFs or memes, taking notes during meetings, creating playlists, saving PDFs, determining the location of a photo, setting location-based reminders, speed dialing a friend, combining screenshots, shortening URLs, downloading files, saving items to read later, and more.
Using AI-assisted automation could make using the iPhone at least feel more efficient, thus the update might also serve as a sort of stopgap for Apple’s delays in fully upgrading Siri with AI capabilities. (That is, if you’re prepared to put in the effort to create shortcuts.)