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iOS 27.2 gives Shortcuts app these new and improved features

9to5Mac·Oct 29, 2026 · 9:16 AM CT
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iOS 27.2 arrived this week with new Siri AI, FaceTime and Messages features, and 9to5Mac rounds up the changes to the Shortcuts app.

The biggest addition is a new automation, "When my iPhone is opened or closed," for the iPhone Duo, which launched with iOS 27.1 a week earlier.

Other changes: the workout automation now supports the Fitness app, the app open/close automation can report which app was closed, and the "Use Model" action can now pull up-to-date web information in French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, not just English. On the Mac the editor's window layout is configurable, and on iPhone and iPad shortcut names and icons can be edited right from the library.

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