Siri Shortcuts Expands to American Airlines, Caviar, and Other Apps, Coming Soon to AirbnbApple today announced that American Airlines, Dexcom, Caviar, Merriam Webster, and Spectre have added
Siri Shortcuts support to their apps this week. Airbnb, Drop, ReSound, and Smarter also plan to add <!---->Siri<!----> Shortcuts integration to their apps over the next few months.
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Apple provided us with a summary of how <!---->Siri<!----> Shortcuts works in each app:<ul><li><strong>American Airlines:</strong> Get updates on all your flight details ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, flight update"). This includes flight status, drive time, a map of the airport with gate location, walking time to gate, boarding time, and more.
<li><strong>Caviar:</strong> Set up a shortcut to re-order food and check order status. ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, order my usual pizza" or "Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, Caviar order status").
<li><strong>Dexcom:</strong> Lets diabetics better track and manage glucose levels through their app ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, what's my blood glucose?").
<li><strong>Merriam Webster Dictionary:</strong> Ask for the word of the day ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, what's the word of the day?")
<li><strong>Spectre:</strong> You can use shortcuts to take long exposure photos hands-free ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, long exposure") so the phone doesn't move while shooting.</ul>Coming in March-April:<ul><li><strong>Airbnb:</strong> Get details on your stay, including check in and check out times, address and map, and Wi-Fi password ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, my Airbnb stay").
<li><strong>Drop for Bosch:</strong> Make your morning coffee before you get out of bed ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, make an espresso").
<li><strong>ReSound:</strong> Change the setting of your hearing aid based on surroundings ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, restaurant mode").
<li>strong>Smarter:</strong> Make a pot of coffee using the Smarter Coffee Machine ("Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, make a small pot of coffee").</ul>Apple says thousands of apps now support <!---->Siri<!----> Shortcuts, which debuted as a key feature of
iOS 12 last year.
Apple's examples include Waze, Nike Run Club, Snoww, HomeCourt, AutoSleep, QardioArm, DSLR Camera, Pandora, Tile, Overcast, Evernote, Trello, Omnifocus, Things, Fantastical, Citymapper, Kayak, Hotels.com, British Airways, Lufthansa, Booking.com, VRBO, CARROT, The Weather Channel, Dark Sky, and many others.
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<!---->Siri<!----> Shortcuts let you create voice and tap-activated automations that can complete multiple complex tasks in just a few seconds. The feature is available in the Settings app under <!---->Siri<!----> & Search and through the <a href="https: //itunes.apple.com/us/app/shortcuts/id915249334?mt=8">dedicated Shortcuts app[/url].
<strong>Update:</strong> Apple has since highlighted several of these <!---->Siri<!----> Shortcuts apps
in a press release.
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