The watchOS 7 update on the Apple Watch brought some significant changes to the table. In addition to a few new workout tracking features and different types of watch faces, you can now add smart little shortcuts to your Apple Watch. The watch gets its shortcuts from the Shortcuts app on your phone. They are easy to add and implement. For instance, if you need to add your thoughts directly to Notes or send a quick message to a colleague, you can do it with a simple tap.
As long as you have a few shortcuts handy on your iPhone, you can easily add shortcuts to your Apple Watch. Of course, you must keep in mind that these shortcuts must be executable on your watch.
For the uninitiated, iOS Shortcuts is a standalone app that allows you to create conditional statements. Here you need to add the trigger and the next action, the app will take care of the rest.
The shortcuts app has a few built-in shortcuts, and you can add your own to the mix. They are happy to experiment. For instance, we have a cool shortcut to show us photo details when we tap on a photo on our phone gallery. Interesting, isn’t it?
So let’s see how to get it done.
How to Add Shortcuts to Apple Watch
As noted earlier, you’ll need to have a few shortcuts on hand on your iPhone.
Step 1: Open Shortcuts on your iPhone and tap on the three-dot menu at the top.
Turn on the ‘Show on Apple Watch’ switch. This ensures that the aforementioned shortcut will show up on your watch.
Step 2: Now, on your watch, long press on the watch face and tap Edit to push it to edit mode.
Swipe right until you see all the complications highlighted.
Step 4: Tap on one of the combinations and select Shortcut from the menu.
The watch will now display all available shortcuts. Select one of the shortcuts and you’re done. The aforementioned shortcut will be added as a complication to your Apple Watch.
Now, all you need to do is tap the shortcut to run it. That said, you don’t need to run all the shortcuts manually.
However, adding all the shortcuts as dedicated complications may not be feasible as you may not have enough space for other important complications such as Rings or Heart Beat analysis.
Thankfully, there is a way to enable keyboard shortcuts easily.
Activate iOS Shortcuts with Side Button
The good thing about this activator is that you can see all the shortcuts at once. This gives you the flexibility to choose the one you require.
But at this point, you’ll have to make sure that the shortcuts you don’t plan to use on your watch are disabled. This will save you from unnecessary scrolling.
Step 1: To access the added Shortcuts, tap the Watch Side Button and rotate the Crown until you see the Shortcut options.
Now tap on one of the Shortcuts to launch it. That’s it.
Add Automation to Apple Watch
Unlike Shortcuts, adding personal automation rules is easy. Currently, Shortcuts has several automations for Apple Watch. Not only are they fun to experiment with, but setting them up is simple and easy.
Step 1: Go to the Automation tab on your phone and select the trigger.
After entering the date and time details, press the Next button.
Step 2: Tap Add action and search for Clock. You will see all available automations. Now, choose one of the actions and click Next.
At this point, you can choose to disable the ‘Ask Before Run’ switch. Press the Done button to save the settings. Now, all you need to do is test automation.
We tested some automation features, such as Apple Watch sending a ping signal to iPhone when a message is received, or switching to a specific Watch Face at a specific time. And they all work perfectly.
Shortcut’s Automation also has a dedicated Apple Watch Workout trigger. In theory, you could play a song/podcast or send a message to anyone on your contact list when the watch detects a workout.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t get it to play a song from Apple Music when we set it to trigger when we started a workout.
Take the smarter path
Automation and routine are the new flavors of the day. And if you have the resources, you should make the most of these, whether it’s a smartwatch on your wrist or a smart light on your porch.
That said, Shortcuts is the one-touch solution to all the things you do on your watch regularly.
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