Table of contents:
- Siri, tell me the lyrics of the song I'm listening to on the iPhone
- Siri, download this video from Instagram in the Photos app
- Or download this video from Safari
- Siri, change the ringtone for this one
- Siri, make a collage with these photos
- Siri, create a GIF from these photos
- Siri, create a QR code with this URL
- Or convert this video to GIF
- Siri, what humidity is in the street right now
- Siri, play this song on YouTube
iOS 12 introduced a couple of years ago one of the most useful functions of the apple system. We talk about Siri Shortcuts, Shortcuts in English. This functionality allows us to automate certain actions through the homonymous application for iOS. There are currently dozens and even hundreds of Siri shortcuts. This time we have compiled several of these shortcuts to get the most out of your iPhone or iPad if it has a version equal to or greater than iOS 12.
Siri, tell me the lyrics of the song I'm listening to on the iPhone
Not Shazam, not Google Search. This curious Siri shortcut shows us the lyrics of the song we are playing on the iPhone or iPad. The shortcut in question is called Search Song lyrics, and as its name indicates, it simply shows us the song that is being played on the system, regardless of the source application. Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, YouTube Premium, Tidal, Amazon…
Siri, download this video from Instagram in the Photos app
Tired of turning to third-party sites to download, for example, a Twitter video? Social Media Downloader is a powerful shortcut that, as its name suggests, downloads videos from the main social networks. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and even YouTube. Yes, as you read correctly. Youtube. Simply share the video in question via the shortcut and select the download quality. It will automatically start downloading the video in the Photos app.
Or download this video from Safari
If we want to download video directly from the Apple browser we can do it through the Save Video From Safari shortcut. The operation of this shortcut is practically traced to that of the previous shortcut: just select the video in question and then click on the Share button to send the link to the iOS Shortcuts application.
Siri, change the ringtone for this one
Siri Shortcuts can sometimes serve as simple shortcuts to certain settings within the Settings application. And this is precisely what this shortcut called Change ringtone aims to do. Through an access on the Home screen we will directly access the Settings section that allows us to change the ringtone or the notification tone. In general, the system tones.
Siri, make a collage with these photos
To join several images in a collage it is not necessary to resort to third party applications… Or yes, but not always. This shortcut for Siri for iOS allows us to combine several photos into one. Its operation is really simple: we will only have to select the images that we want to combine in the Photos application.
Finally we will share the images through the shortcut. They will automatically be combined into one image. Of course, the distribution of the columns and rows will depend on the number of images that we have selected. 2 × 1, 3 × 2, 4 × 4 and so on
Siri, create a GIF from these photos
Do you prefer to convert your photos into GIF files? With Shoot A GIF we can combine several images into a single GIF file. And when I say images I mean images. To convert a video to GIF we will have to resort to other shortcuts.
The process to generate a GIF with Shoot A GIF is practically as simple as the previous shortcut, although we can also generate the final file through the Shortcuts application itself. The shortcut will automatically store the final file in the iOS gallery.
Siri, create a QR code with this URL
Do you want to create a QR code for your website or business? Well, with this Siri shortcut we can create a code automatically without resorting to third-party applications or pages. The shortcut will take the URL that we have copied to the clipboard and will generate a QR code on the iPhone or iPad in the Photos application that we can share with other users or print it through the iOS options.
Or convert this video to GIF
If what we want is to convert a video that we have recorded with the iPhone camera into a GIF, Video to GIF allows us to do this without too many complications. Due to format limitations, we will not be able to select videos of several minutes in length. In other words, we can only convert videos that are a few seconds long, since the format itself does not allow us to generate files with a very large bitrate.
Siri, what humidity is in the street right now
You can ask Siri what humidity it is in the environment or you can directly consult this information through a simple command. Check humidity (Check humidity) in Castilian is the name of this curious shortcut. Its only function is to show us at a stroke the percentage of humidity in our environment. Of course, we will have to previously activate the location for the wizard to locate us correctly.
Siri, play this song on YouTube
Do you want to see the video clip of that Bad Bunny song that has jumped on the Spotify random? With Find this on YouTube we can take any song that is playing on our iPad or iPhone to the YouTube application.
The shortcut will take the name of the artist and the song that is playing on our device through any music application (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer…). It will automatically generate a YouTube search with the name of the artist and the track. Technically it is also compatible with podcast and any type of content that can be played in music applications. And no, it won't be able to identify tracks that are playing on other devices.
