Changelog

Actions

Utilities
By Sindre Sorhus
iPhone iPad Mac

Sept. 11, 2024

v 3.4.0

New actions:
- Pick Color
- Open URLs in Safari

Restart your device after this update to fix any issues with the actions not appearing or not working (iOS bug).

June 29, 2024

v 3.3.0

- Added “Is Time” action.
- Deprecated the “Get Unsplash Image” action. Unfortunately, Unsplash took down the service used by this, so it no longer works, and there is no workaround.

Restart your device after this update to fix any issues with the actions not appearing or not working (iOS bug).

March 25, 2024

v 3.2.0

New actions:
- Join Wi-Fi
- Get Paragraphs from Text
- Get Sentences from Text
- Encrypt Text
- Encrypt File
- Is Conforming to Uniform Type Identifier

Note: Because of a iOS bug, you need to restart your device after updating.

Note: The Shortcuts app on iOS 17.4 has a bug where it cannot correctly match variables to input. If you experience this, try lowercasing the variable content. For example, for the "Create Menu Item" action, use "pink" as the variable value to the color instead of "Pink".

Jan. 13, 2024

v 3.1.0

New actions:
- Get Elevation
- Find Music Playlist

Dec. 20, 2023

v 3.0.0

The app now requires iOS 17.

New actions:
- Get Bluetooth Devices
- Get Bluetooth Device
- Get Device Motion Data
- Is Device Moving
- Is Call Active
- Get Compass Heading
- Authenticate (New)

Oct. 26, 2023

v 2.10.0

New actions:
- Is Shaking Device
- Is Accessibility Feature On
- Create Menu Item
- Color
- Get Average Color
- Combine Videos
- Get Image Location
- Set Image Location

You may have to restart your device after updating.

Sept. 27, 2023

v 2.9.0

New actions:
- Is Cellular Low Data Mode
- Is Device Locked

Other changes:
- Fixed the `Haptic Feedback` action
- Removed the `Ask ChatGPT` action

You may have to restart your device after updating.

Sept. 22, 2023

v 2.8.1

- Bug fixes.

Sept. 13, 2023

v 2.8.0

Improved compatibility with the upcoming iOS version.

New actions:
- Boolean

Aug. 15, 2023

v 2.7.0

New actions:
- Is Day
- Invert Images
- Get Device Details (Extended)
- Get Boolean from Input

June 29, 2023

v 2.6.0

New actions:
- Get Dominant Colors of Image
- Wait Milliseconds

May 20, 2023

v 2.5.2

- Bug fixes.

May 16, 2023

v 2.5.1

- Bug fixes.

April 17, 2023

v 2.4.0

New actions:
- Truncate Number

March 11, 2023

v 2.3.1

- Bug fixes.

Feb. 24, 2023

v 2.3.0

New actions:
- Global Variable
- Is Host Reachable

Jan. 15, 2023

v 2.2.1

- Bug fixes.

Dec. 21, 2022

v 2.2.0

- Fixed the "Is Dark Mode" action.

Dec. 8, 2022

v 2.1.2

- Bug fixes.

Nov. 19, 2022

v 2.1.1

- Bug fixes.

Nov. 11, 2022

v 2.1.0

- Fixed the “Is Dark Mode” action.

New actions:
- Get Map Image of Location
- Get High-Resolution Timestamp

If some actions are missing, try restarting your device.

Nov. 2, 2022

v 2.0.1

- The app now requires iOS 16.1. This was necessary as iOS 16 introduced a much faster way to make actions. This means I will be able to produce actions faster going forward.
- All actions have been rewritten.
- Actions that previously returned 1/0 now return a proper boolean (true/false).
- Actions are now categorized in the Shortcuts app. Open the action picker in the Shortcuts app and go to “Actions”.

You may have to restart your phone after updating for the actions to show up.

New actions:
- Authenticate
- Calculate with Soulver
- Ask for Text with Timeout
- Blur Images
- Get Index of List Item
- Reverse Lines
- Overwrite File
- Generate Random Data
- Hex Encode
- Format Person Name
- Convert Coordinates to Location
- Is Cellular Data On

Nov. 1, 2022

v 2.0.0

- The app now requires iOS 16.1. This was necessary as iOS 16 introduced a much faster way to make actions. This means I will be able to produce actions faster going forward.
- All actions have been rewritten.
- Actions that previously returned 1/0 now return a proper boolean (true/false).
- Actions are now categorized in the Shortcuts app. Open the action picker in the Shortcuts app and go to “Actions”.

New actions:
- Authenticate
- Ask for Text with Timeout
- Blur Images
- Get Index of List Item
- Reverse Lines
- Overwrite File
- Generate Random Data
- Hex Encode
- Format Person Name
- Convert Coordinates to Location
- Is Cellular Data On

Aug. 1, 2022

v 1.13.1

- Fixed reading QR codes from images with transparent background.

June 11, 2022

v 1.13.0

- Added more transformations to the Transform Text action.

May 2, 2022

v 1.12.0

New actions:
- Get Query Item Value from URL
- Get Query Items from URL
- Get Query Items from URL as Dictionary
- Get Device Orientation
- Is Device Orientation
- Format Number — Compact

April 7, 2022

v 1.11.0

New actions:
- Get Related Words

March 23, 2022

v 1.10.0

New actions:
- Choose from List (Extended)
- Generate CSV

New actions in 1.9.0:
- Scan QR Code from Image
- Get Unsplash Image
- Transcribe Audio
- Format Duration
- Merge Dictionaries
- Pretty Print Dictionaries
- Parse JSON5
- Scan Documents

March 17, 2022

v 1.9.0

New actions:
- Scan QR Code from Image
- Get Unsplash Image
- Transcribe Audio
- Format Duration
- Merge Dictionaries
- Pretty Print Dictionaries
- Parse JSON5
- Scan Documents

March 5, 2022

v 1.8.1

New actions:
- Parse CSV
- Is Reachable

New in 1.7.0:
- Is Online
- Symbol Image
- Geo URI

Feb. 28, 2022

v 1.7.0

New actions:
- Is Online
- Symbol Image
- Geo URI

Jan. 14, 2022

v 1.6.0

New actions:
- Create Color Image
- Round Number to Multiple
- Truncate Text
- Transform Lists

Dec. 22, 2021

v 1.5.1

- Support non-HTTPS URLs in the "Get Title of URL" action.

Dec. 7, 2021

v 1.5.0

New actions:
- Get Audio Playback Destination
- Is Silent Mode On
- Haptic Feedback

Nov. 29, 2021

v 1.4.0

New actions:
- Get Title of URL
- Get Battery State
- Is Low Power Mode
- Remove Non-Printable Characters
- Format Currency
- Spell Out Number
- Hide Shortcuts App

Nov. 19, 2021

v 1.3.1

New Actions:
- Edit URL
- Get User Details
- Is Audio Playing
- Is Bluetooth On
- Is Connected to VPN
- Is Dark Mode
- Write or Edit Text

Nov. 14, 2021

v 1.2.0

New actions:
- Get Music Playlists
- Filter List
- Truncate List
- Combine Lists
- Get Emojis

Nov. 8, 2021

v 1.1.0

- Added a few more actions.