Every new action in Shortcuts helps users, developers, and Apple itself – here`s why apps like iWork must add Shortcuts support.
Last weekend, I covered Apple`s new actions for its Pages, Keynote, and Numbers apps, which brought templates, and improved presentation modes, and data logging for spreadsheets to iWork for iOS and Mac.
In covering that update, I started to reflect on the impact just a few actions could have come from Apple`s own apps – and here are my deeper thoughts on why first-party actions for Shortcuts are so important.
From Apple`s side, bringing Shortcuts support to one of their actions forces cross-platform parity, highlights the features of the app and makes them more accessible, and pushes them to be even better for the next set of expected actions.
For developers, Apple adopting Shortcuts gives them a template for how to build their own actions, gives greater emphasis on the ecosystem to encourage adoption, and also gives them hooks into the everyday de...
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