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Best iPhone shortcuts created with iOS12 of 2018

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  • Apple released iOS 12 for its iPhones and iPads this year, and one of the newest features in an app called Shortcuts.
  • The app lets you create shortcuts for your phone to perform certain actions if you know a little something about programming. But fortunately, tech-savvy users out there have been busy creating their own Shortcuts that you can use for free.
  • Here are some of the best shortcuts we’ve found, which let you easily transfer playlists, create GIFs from live photos, and even turn on your flashlight with the “lumos” command (a la Harry Potter).

If you’ve yet to discover the new Shortcuts tool on your iPhone, you’re missing out on something that can make your life a whole lot easier.

Apple’s newest software, iOS 12, was released to iPhones and iPads in September with lots of cool new features, such as an improved Facetime app for group video calls and a new app for tracking how much time you spend on your phone.

But there’s another new goodie included in iOS 12 that you may not have time to pay around with yet: Shortcuts. The feature lets you “program” your phone to automatically perform certain tasks and functions when you tap a button or speak a custom voice command to Siri. For example, you could program your phone to automatically turn on the lights and send your spouse a text when you tell Siri “I’m home.”

Read more: The 11 most useful features in iOS 12

Creating a shortcut sounds complicated. Luckily you don’t have to: You can just use the shortcuts that other people have already created.

There are shortcuts to help you calculate tip on a bill, make anonymous phone calls, and convert playlists easily between Apple Music and Spotify.

Here are 15 of the best Shortcuts we’ve found that will make your life on an Apple device a lot simpler:

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