Apple Finally Gave Us More Shortcut Actions for Books - Gadget Hacks

When iOS 16.0 was inactive successful aboriginal beta testing, Apple teased america with a slew of caller Books actions successful the Shortcuts app, but nary of them materialized successful iOS 16.0 oregon 16.1. That changes with Apple's latest bundle update for iPhone.

The lone Apple Books enactment successful Shortcuts you'll spot connected iOS 16.1 and earlier, but for immoderate idiosyncratic Siri Suggestions that are based connected however you usage your device, is:

• Add PDF to Books

The teased actions successful aboriginal 16.0 betas that Apple yet disappeared include:

• Change Theme
• Open Book
• Open Collection
• Open Tab
• Resize Text
• Search Books
• Switch Page

On iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 (currently successful beta), you'll spot galore of those teased actions (with antithetic names), but Resize Text is missing. There's besides a wholly caller 1 we haven't seen earlier for Change Page Navigation. Here's everything disposable for Books actions connected iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2:

• Add PDF to Books: Opens the input arsenic a PDF successful Books. This enactment tin not beryllium tally connected Apple Watch.
• Change Book Appearance: Changes the speechmaking quality and theme.
• Change Page Navigation: Changes leafage navigation benignant betwixt leafage turning and continuous scrolling.
• Change View: Opens a circumstantial tab oregon sidebar view.
• Open Book oregon Audiobook: Opens a circumstantial publication oregon audiobook.
• Open Collection: Opens a circumstantial modular collection.
• Play Audiobook: Plays a circumstantial audiobook.
• Search successful Books: Search for books and audiobooks successful the room and store by writer and title.
• Turn Page: Moves to the adjacent oregon erstwhile page.

Note that these actions are not backward compatible. If you effort utilizing a Books shortcut with thing but the Add PDF to Books enactment connected iOS 16.1 and earlier, the actions volition amusement up arsenic Unknown Actions.

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