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We bring you a small collection with 27 shortcuts for iOS 15, some automations that will help you simplify some types of actions. iOS shortcuts can be very useful for multitasking or using different apps in one tap, and anyone can create their own. What today's shortcuts have in common is that they all work with iOS 15.

We are going to recommend 27, but there are hundreds of shortcuts for all tastes. Therefore, if you have installed or have created a shortcut that is especially useful to you, I invite you to share it with everyone else in the comments section, so that all of us xatakeros can create an index that will serve everyone. less experienced users.

Delete last photo

We are going to start with a simple shortcut, so you can see that everything is not going to be complex operations. This shortcut simply deletes the last photo from your reel, so if you've taken a screenshot or a bad photo you can easily delete it. And also safely, because the shortcut shows you a preview for you to confirm that this is the photo you want to delete.

Combine images

This is one of those shortcuts that come to replace applications that perform specific tasks. In this case, it is a shortcut that allows you to create a composition with combined images that you have taken or selected.

When you have selected the photos after executing this shortcut, the automation will ask you how you want to put them together. You can choose between a grid, horizontally or vertically. When you choose it, it will create a photo by combining them all but separating them with a thin white line.

convert image

This is a simple shortcut, but it can also help you if you do a lot of errands or move a lot of images through your mobile. What it does is help you change the format of the images you want, so that if you have one in one format and need to have it in another, you can change it quickly.

This shortcut will allow you to convert images to formats such as HEIF, JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF or TIFF, and also compress the one you have. When you choose the format, a copy will be created that you can save to your camera roll or share in other applications.

days between

This is a small shortcut that can help you to calculate days. What it proposes is to allow you to count how many days there are between two dates. This is something that we usually calculate relatively quickly in our heads or with our hands, but the shortcut can help you a bit.

Directions To Next Event

If you're a busy person who likes to organize all your meetings and events through Apple's native apps, it's relatively easy to go through them in the calendar and look at the locations you've added to each one to go from one to another. other. However, this is something that will require you to do several things, something that can be uncomfortable if you are in a hurry or cannot stop to look at your mobile.

Therefore, this shortcut aims to help you do everything faster. It does this by creating you to the place where you have the next event without having to manually open the calendar or your maps. Of course, you will have to remember to have everything well organized in your agenda.

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find gas

When you're in a rush and you're running out of gas during a trip, this shortcut helps you find the nearest gas station quickly and without having to stop to look for anything. The shortcut will detect your location and tell you where that gas station is.

emergency recording

A shortcut that can come in handy in the event of an emergency. When you launch it, it makes a five-minute recording with your microphone, saves it to Dropbox, and sends a link to a contact you have set up via iMessage. You can modify elements such as the text or the recipient whenever you want.

Instagram Contact Photos

This shortcut is used to put their Instagram profile photos as a contact photo in your contacts application. With this automation, you will no longer need to go looking for a photo of this person to use it in your contacts in case you like to have them all with a photo. And all without the need to have Facebook synchronized or anything like that.

All you need is to have this contact's profile address added to their listing in the Contacts app. This shortcut will go through all the profiles that have the Instagram URL added, and put your Instagram photo on them.

Speed ​​Dial

This shortcut allows you to call a specific person in one touch without having to go into the calling application and search for them. Yes, it is true that the phone application already has a favorites system, but you still have to enter it, go to the section and click on this favorite. This shortcut allows you to do it faster.

This shortcut will allow you to add a specific contact to call whenever you activate it. You can also add more than one contact, so that when you press it, you only have to choose which of them you want to call.

Morse code

A simple shortcut, but one that can help you in some extreme emergencies. When you launch it it will ask you to write a text, and then convert that code into morse with the flashlight. In this way, you will be able to send messages long distances in some cases in which this is the only method left to you.

open playlist

Playlists have been with us since the days of the cassette, and today you have them on your mobile in your reference streaming application. In the case of Spotify, you have a large number of playlists available, both created by yourself and generated by Spotify and that are modified every week.

What this shortcut allows you to do is launch a specific Spotify playlist on your mobile, so that you don't have to go into Spotify and search for the playlist you want manually.

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Photos Deduper

This is a shortcut that will help you delete duplicate photos on your iPhone by finding a file that is twice on your device and allowing you to delete them. Thus, you will save time in locating these files, and if you have many duplicate photos, it can help you save some space.

Something you have to know is that the shortcut will look for the same photo file, so it works only for duplicate photos and not for photos that are similar. However, being able to do this with a shortcut is already a considerable advantage.

Pritam Download

It is a shortcut that will allow you to download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, the main social networks today. In this way, if there is a video on these platforms that you want to download to watch later, you will have this resource to do so.

The shortcut has some issues on iOS 15, but if you've updated to iOS 15.1 it should work quite well. However, later we will give you another alternative just in case.

QR Code Maker

QR codes have gained a lot of popularity, and creating a QR code has become a recurring process. However, creating it requires a series of moves such as searching for a website or tool that is capable of doing it, and then browsing through its options, avoiding its advertising, and generating the code.

This shortcut allows you to create a QR code that displays the text that you say to it. When you launch it, you will only have to write the text you want, which can perfectly be a web address, and when someone scans the code, that text will be shown.

remember birthday

It is very good that the calendar of your mobile notifies you that today is the birthday of a contact. But in case you need to plan ahead for things like buying a gift, this shortcut can help** by alerting you to upcoming birthdays.

What it does is compile a list of birthdays for the following week using the information from your contacts, which is why you will have to give it access permission. It's a shortcut you can modify to choose a birthday cap per notification, as well as the name or the order in which they appear.

Save Video From Safari

If you are browsing a web page with Safari, and on this website there is a native video that you would like to be able to download to watch it later, this shortcut will help you. What it does is download the videos that are on a website that you are visiting with Safari.

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Search Song lyrics

This is a very quick and easy shortcut, which allows you to quickly search for the lyrics of a song on the Internet. What it does is analyze the title and author of the song you select, and it will perform an Internet search adding the term lyrics so that you automatically see these results.

That way, you won't have to bother with searching manually. It is true that it is not something that is going to solve your life in a spectacular way, but if you are a person who often looks for the letters on the Internet, it can help you with it.

See IG Profile Pic

This is another one of those very specific shortcuts. If you're an Instagram user, you may want to enlarge or download a person's profile photo. Well, that is exactly what this shortcut will allow you to do with the profile you want within the photographic social network.

The applications of use are many. For example, if you're on mobile and a person you don't quite know adds you to Instagram in their profile photo, it might help to be able to easily enlarge that photo without having to juggle to get it.

Send Travel Time

When you're running late for an appointment you usually don't have time to stop for a bit, calculate how long you have left to get there and write to the contact you've arranged to let them know. Fortunately, there is a shortcut to sharing how much you have left to get there quickly and easily.

The only thing you will need is to have the Maps application open with a marked route. So, with this shortcut you will only have to choose a contact to share when you will arrive so that they are aware and know how late you are.

Shorten URL

A small but useful shortcut. What it does is create a shortened URL from another you have. In this way, if you want to share a web address through messaging or social networks, you will be able to do it without overwhelming yourself with a gigantic and very long URL.

Social Media Downloader

This is a shortcut that has more than 300 actions. There is nothing. And it is complex because it covers a lot, it is a shortcut that allows you to download videos from social networks and video platforms. You will click on the shortcut, and you will have to choose the platform.

Sometimes, to download videos from your mobile from these platforms you have to go to the web, copy the link, go to another page where you can generate a download link or download it. Here, you forget about the different mechanisms to download videos from each social network, and you do it in a unified way.

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Video to GIF

This is a complex shortcut but for a specific function, which allows you to convert your videos into GIFs, so that it is easier to share a specific moment in them. A GIF of just one second will be generated, so it won't weigh too much and will be very manageable.

Inside, the shortcut is going to do a lot of things, like locate the videos on your camera roll and then crop them and generate that GIF image. So, if you are a fan of this type of moving images and want to create them with your own videos or the ones you have downloaded to your camera roll, you will have a way to do it.

WallCreator

This is one of those shortcuts with a lot of steps, but manages to work almost like an app. It allows you to create a wallpaper randomly or by choosing for yourself the colors that you are going to want to use.

The idea is that if you like to change your wallpaper, you don't have to deal with the many pages that exist to find one that suits you. This shortcut will create it for you, and it will do so by automatically detecting your iPhone model so that the background adapts to its screen size.

Water Eject

At Xataka Basics we have explained how to expel the water from your phone's speakers, and in addition to using specific cleaning products, this usually requires downloading an app that emits a high-frequency sound at high volume that expels that water.

Well, if you don't want to deal with searching and downloading apps, this shortcut allows you to do exactly the same. It will emit a sound at full volume so that, through the vibration of the device, the remains of water and dust are expelled from the speaker.

What Is My IP?

There are several methods with which you can find out what your IP is, although they all require a few steps. You can download an application to tell you, and you can also simply enter one of the websites that allow you to know your IP address. These steps are more when you want to share your IP with someone or write it somewhere from the mobile, because you will have to obtain it, and then proceed to select it to copy it to the clipboard.

This shortcut is going to help you with this. It's very simple, what it will do is automatically copy your IP to the clipboard, so that once you have it there you can paste it into the conversation, website or application you want.

Wi-Fi and mobile data

In the control center of your iPhone you can relatively quickly control both the WiFi and the mobile data of your iPhone. However, from it you will not be able to deactivate the options, only temporarily disable them. This shortcut will help you manage this more firmly and quickly.

What this shortcut does is allow you to enable Wi-Fi while disabling data, and vice versa. So, if you want to save some battery life by not having both features enabled, this will help you while keeping the disabled option always inactive.

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YouTube PiP

The PiP mode of video platforms allows you to have a video open in a window that stays in the foreground while you do other things with other apps. Activating PiP on YouTube requires a premium account, and on other platforms this may also be the case. Well, this shortcut helps you fix it.

What it does is allow you to watch a video on PiP without having to pay a premium on YouTube and other platforms. It requires installing a third-party app to work, but it's worth it because it gives you this player natively. By having the shortcut, you will only have to open the YouTube video and click on the share option.

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