Without any doubt at all, the revamped “Control Center” is one of the hottest new add-ons of iOS 18. You can customize your Control Center by changing and tweaking the icons to your heart’s liking. What’s more, there is also a way to add a Siri shortcut to your iPhone control center. That means you can now quickly access and launch your favorite Siri shortcuts right from the Control Center of your iOS device. Read on…
Launch Your Favorite Siri Shortcut from Your iPhone Control Center
To begin with, make sure that the Siri Shortcut that you would like to add to the CC has been installed on your device. On your iPhone, head into the Shortcuts app -> find the shortcut you are looking for, and add it to your library. But what if the shortcut is not available in the app? No worries! Search for it on the web -> click on the web link and add it to your library.
- Having taken care of the basic requirement, swipe down from the top right corner of the screen to bring up the Control Center.
- Tap the “+” Plus button showing at the top left corner of the screen.
- Tap the “Add a control” button at the bottom.
- Next, scroll down to the “Shortcuts” section and choose the “Shortcut” button.
- Tap the “Choose” option in the menu.
- After that, find the “Shortcut” that you want to show in the CC and select it.
- Now, tap anywhere outside of the menu to remove it.
- Finally, tap on the empty space to confirm the inclusion of the shortcut.
Going forward, you can launch this Siri Shortcut right from the Control Center of your iPhone. Simply, bring up the CC through the swipe down from the upper-right corner gesture and hit the shortcut icon to trigger it.
Remove the Siri Shortcut from Your iPhone Control Center
Later, if you ever want to remove the Siri Shortcut from the Control Center, get into the same editing mode and hit the “Minus” button at the top of the shortcut icon to remove it. And that’s all there is to it!
There is a lot to talk about and like about the fully redesigned CC. Probably, the best part about it is the huge library of controls which offers you the flexibility to add/remove the buttons at your own convenience. If there is anything that I would like to include, it would be the option to create custom CC icons. The freedom to make a variety of icons and place them in the CC would be pretty cool.
