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		refulgentis on July 9, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s Shortcuts will flip the switch on Siri’s p... Google has command chaining, as well as Routines - i.e. Shortcuts, but with intuitive UI. Apple is moving Automator to iOS, this isnt voice UI, its imprecise programming: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhbmQJBX4AMEoho.jpg:large

saagarjha on July 9, 2018 | [–]

The "voice UI" part isn't shown on that screen: you can assign a phrase to use to trigger these Shortcuts.

Shank on July 9, 2018 | [–]

You can call Workflow/Shorcuts imprecise programming, but you're comparing apples to oranges. Routines don't let you arbitrarily group data and interact with it in a way that's friendly to non-programmers.

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