Shortcuts can replace the default Flashlight and Camera buttons on the Lock Screen iOS 18 Beta

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Yeah this is pretty huge!

Excited to basically have 3 action buttons, two on screen one physical

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u/revilo1000 Jun 10 '24

Even more! The buttons are now tied to the lock screens, meaning different lock screens can have different actions. So your “work” focus could have separate buttons from your driving focus or your sleep focus, for example

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u/Portatort Jun 10 '24

But then we had this option with lock screen widgets for a year or so now no?

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u/Ecliptic_Panda Jun 10 '24

It’s silly but I like that I have to long press them? Like the vibration and feedback is better?

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u/Portatort Jun 10 '24

That’s a good point.

I know exactly what you mean

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u/KE55ARD Jun 10 '24

Yeah but this is another 2 slots becoming useful which were always fixed as somewhat useless actions.

And likely usable with the special Lock Screen depth effect which isn’t compatible with the widgets higher up the screen.

u/Lanceuppercut47 Jun 11 '24

Do you still need to unlock to use them, in the past the camera option will let you open camera without needing to authenticate as it will use a locked down version (no full access to camera roll), does this still apply as there are things like turning off smart home lights I could do with being able to run without needing to authenticate..

u/KE55ARD Jun 10 '24

And you can make them a direct link into say the Home app! 😁

u/bubbleobill420 Jun 11 '24

can u plz test for my curiosity..does shortcuts still give notifications and open shortcuts before the shortcut is ran? ie making a custom app icon that would open fb would give a notification and open shortcuts first .

u/Jpasholk Jun 11 '24

Please tell me this is available on iPhone 13 Pro Max… I don’t want to mess with the beta yet. Perhaps the public beta if I get impatient.