Apple's iOS/iPadOS 18 Introduces 'Vocal Shortcuts' Feature

TapTechNews June 14th news, Apple's iOS/iPadOS 18 system has introduced the Vocal Shortcuts (VocalShortcuts) feature, even when the iPhone and iPad are in the locked screen state, it can respond to your voice commands.

TapTechNews attached Apple's official introduction to Vocal Shortcuts as follows:

iPhone and iPad users can add custom words to Siri through Vocal Shortcuts to start shortcuts and complete complex tasks.

Settings

After the iPhone upgrades to iOS 18 Beta1 and the iPad upgrades to iPadOS 18 Beta1, the steps to enable Vocal Shortcuts are very simple:

Open the Settings app

Open Accessibility and enter Vocal Shortcuts

Click on Set Vocal Shortcuts

Operation

After enabling this function, you can create the first Vocal Shortcuts through the following operations:

Select the operation to be performed

Define a custom trigger phrase

Repeat this sentence loudly three times

As confirmed by the function description in the settings, all the processing of Vocal Shortcuts runs completely locally on the device. After the user configures the Vocal Shortcuts, even if the iPhone and iPad are in the locked screen state, the user only needs to shout out the specific trigger phrase to perform the specified operation.

The special thing about Vocal Shortcuts is that it doesn't need to call Siri first, just say the preset words you have and it will trigger the corresponding operation.

The supported operations of Vocal Shortcuts are as follows:

Anything Siri can do. You can input a Siri command, and then specify a custom phrase for this command. As long as you say this phrase, Siri will execute this command.

All shortcut operations in the Shortcuts app.

Activating various basic functions such as the Control Center, the device flashlight, and volume adjustment.