Shortcuts User Guide
- Welcome
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- Intro to Shortcuts
- Discover shortcuts in the Gallery
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- Run a shortcut from the app
- Run shortcuts with Siri
- Run suggested shortcuts
- Run app shortcuts
- Run shortcuts from the Home Screen widget
- Run shortcuts from the Search screen
- Add a shortcut to the Home Screen
- Launch a shortcut from another app
- Run shortcuts from Apple Watch
- Run shortcuts by tapping the back of your iPhone
- Adjust privacy settings
- Copyright
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Intro to home automation in Shortcuts on iPhone or iPad
Home automation provides a way to run actions in your home based on events such as time of day, people arriving or leaving, or someone controlling an accessory. A normal shortcut requires you to run it from the Shortcuts app, the Shortcuts widget, or the share sheet, whereas home automation actions use various home automation triggers to run from the home hub.
![Home automation in the Shortcuts app.](https://help.apple.com/assets/645D5D228BE0233D28263F4B/645D5D258BE0233D28263F5A/en_AU/2086472f97cc4267852920997fecf410.png)
Home automation is synced to your home hub through iCloud. For more information see the Apple Support article, Set up your HomePod, Apple TV or iPad as a home hub.
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