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SiriKit and Siri Shortcuts are very different things.

SiriKit allows you to build Siri support into your app a la Android Actions, but Siri Shortcuts is designed to allow drag-and-drop end-user "programming" of workflows that can be triggered by Siri.

"Hey Siri, I'm on my way home" could turn on you thermostat up, order you a pizza, remotely trigger your IoT enabled kettle and start playing your home-commute playlist.

For the more advanced of us, Workflow currently allows doing things like calling arbitrary REST APIs and parsing JSON. I've reverse engineered the API of a local coffee-ordering app so I can one-click order my morning coffee.

Next thing I'm planning is my "I need a coffee" button which will get the nearest cafe, order me a flat white, and pull up the directions.




Yeah, Siri Shortcuts seems more like using Tasker with the AutoVoice plugin.


Siri Shortcuts is same as Google Assistant routines. Only they didn't make an extra app for it. Say" I'm Home" and a lo of Assistant Actions will get triggered.




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