I had a neat thought, which probably has a 0% chance of coming true; but what if apple ties functionality of the new “action button” to shortcuts and really opens up ios functionality and customizability to users of the pro phones.

this would further differentiate the two phone types to users, especially with the island coming to the regular line as well this year, apparently. (and we all know apple would love to play up the change from a switch to button and attempt to upsell the shit out of it).

and perhaps updates to shortcuts and the additional ram will make launching actions a bit snappier.

anyway just daydreaming my lemonheads 8)

  • @Accursed_Volition
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    101 year ago

    I hope Apple implements it how they already do with the Back Tap accessibility option. By giving a preset number of system / accessibility features, and then listing the user’s shortcuts library. Otherwise, it would be weirdly restrictive of them.

    • @muertinezOP
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      41 year ago

      yea id be fine with that…but my worry is apple restricts it to a predefined set of choices with no shortcuts integration at all. which is what they do with triple clicking the side button in accessibility for some reason.

      and yea backtap is fine but between the tapping and shortcuts triggering it either doesn’t work or takes way too long. just think shortcuts could use way better integration to other parts of ios including hardware. but should feel more seamless