This week, I talked about the loads of gear I saw at CES – plus, Smart Tech Today now has video! Make sure to subscribe on YouTube and watch along.
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How far did I walk today? 📲
Looks at the Health app for total steps and distance for today, then formats the information to display in an alert or be spoken back from Siri.
Uses only the Apple Watch as the main source of data so no information is duplicated from the phone.
Which CES shuttle should I take? 📲
Pulls from a dictionary of CES hotel names and their associated shuttle #s, lets you choose from the names, then tells you which shuttle to take.
Also opens your final destination in Maps so you can follow along.
Playing a podcast by time of day using “If” conditionals 📲
Takes the current time, converts it to 24-hour time, then grabs just the Number value and uses it in an “If” conditional – if before 8pm (or 20), play podcast “A”, otherwise if after 8pm play podcast “B.”
Includes Import Questions for pre-selecting the podcasts.
Log your sun exposure with an Apple Watch automation 🌞⌚️📲
Gets the current weather at the current location and logs the UV index for the hour into the Health app, then displays it or speaks it back when run via Siri.
Includes “Get Device Name” and an “If” action to account for being run on the iPad, which does not have the Health app and would otherwise fail.
Singalong 📲
Turns on the Apple TV, asks if you want to Hand Off music to the TV from the current device, then opens the Music app and shows the Remote on the current device.
2020 Meme generator 📲
Takes the “2020” meme with a line of text in the middle and uses a find & replace to swap out your own text. Your new input must be less than 30 characters.
Twitter self-search 📲
Using a Twitter username inputted on import and a keyword entered when the shortcut is run, this URL-encodes the info into a Twitter link and opens into the app.
Pick random Office episode 📲
Using a dictionary filled out with the season numbers and corresponding episode counts for each, this picks a random season, then episode, then displays it in an alert as Netflix opens on the Apple TV.
Works aloud when run from Siri; good for HomePod.
Move from Ulysses to iA Writer 📲
Gets sheets from a group in Ulysses, asks which one to use, then adds it into iA Writer via their URL scheme. Only accepts text, so you’ll have to move over any images.