iOS 14.4 is a major update, and new functions of shortcut commands are upgraded

Introduction

Yesterday, Apple officially pushed the official version of iOS 14.4 to iPhone and iPad devices. The corresponding version number is 18D52. The author also upgraded the experience at the first time.

This update brings you not a lot of real functional content, mainly for system security enhancements and bug fixes.

In terms of battery life, power consumption, and fluency, the author's iPhone SE2 is generally not much different from the previous version.

Although there are not many updates, let’s take a look. In the title, everyone guessed that there is a new way to play the shortcut commands. It will also bring you tutorials!

Brief introduction

In this update, it is divided into two directions: functionality and safety.

Security

1. Two security vulnerabilities in WebKit have been fixed. WebKit is the engine kernel of the Safari browser. Generally speaking, the anti-hijacking ability of the built-in browser is improved. This security fix is ​​mainly for iPhone 6s and later devices.

2. Using unofficial third-party hardware devices, such as camera modules, the system will notify you of warnings.

3. Fixed bugs in health widgets, keyboard input methods, accessibility and other applications.

Functionality

1. The QR code scanning experience has been upgraded. Now the camera can recognize smaller QR codes.

The author passed the test and the effect is not bad.

2. The Bluetooth device type option is added in the settings,It is convenient to sort and select different devices.

3. Add ultra-bandwidth connection for Apple Speaker HomePod and some iPhone devices to improve connection speed and stability.

4. Finally, the shortcut command function enhancement we will talk about below.

analysis

This version update may not be strong in other aspects. But it brings an important function in the shortcut command: setting the wallpaper.

Let’s take a look at the official introduction.

, as the name implies, is to set the picture as the phone wallpaper. With the addition of this feature, we can use it in commands and use shortcut commands to easily realize the function of random automatic wallpaper change.

Today, I will teach you how to make your own shortcut instructions for randomly changing wallpapers.

Let’s first sort out the running process of our shortcut instructions.

First, the variable required by the shortcut command is the wallpaper file. Variables are mentioned many times in the previous article, and everyone is welcome to learn the introductory tutorial in advance.

How are those shortcut commands implemented: iOS shortcut command hard-core analysis

So the first step must be to determine the picture file, then the shortcut command randomly selects the wallpaper, and finally sets it as the wallpaper. Therefore, the approximate process of randomly changing the wallpaper is like this:

Determine the picture-randomly select the picture-Set the wallpaper

And this time it also brings the feature of automatic. How to automatically?

Today’s tutorial will not introduce too much. The author will take you in-depth in this series of quick instructions from entry to abandonment. You can take a look at the first tutorial.

iOS Shortcut Command Hardcore Tutorial: From Getting Started to Abandoning the Pit (1)

Tutorial

Because this tutorial needs the support of shortcut commands,Please make sure that your device has been updated to the latest version 14.4.

First, confirm the wallpaper, open the photo app, and long press to choose your favorite picture & wallpaper.

click on the lower right corner to share, add to album, select new album..., enter a name, such as: my wallpaper

in the shortcut command to create a new, click the + sign in the upper right corner to add operating.

Enter search in the search box, select photos, and select find photos.

Click Add Filter Condition, click Recent Projects

and choose to modify it to the name of the newly created album, as above: My Wallpaper.

Now that the picture is determined, it is to select the picture randomly

Continue to click the + sign, search for random addition.

Choose to get the item from the list, and change the first item to a random item.

The last step is to set the wallpaper.

Continue to click the + sign to add, search for wallpaper, and select set wallpaper.

Then save the shortcut instructions, and you will realize the random wallpaper change function. Wait, you may ask, it's still one step away! That's right, automatic replacement.

automatically needs to use the automatic running shortcut command.

Click Automation in the bottom column

and choose to create a personal automation.

select a specific time,Set the time to automatically change the wallpaper as you like.

Click Next, click the + sign to add an operation, search for the shortcut command, select Run the shortcut command, click the shortcut command to select the shortcut command saved above.

In this way, at a customized time, the automated task will run the shortcut instructions, and finally achieve the effect of random wallpaper change.

finally needs to be closed and asked before running, and it is all done.

Similarly, you can also set multiple automations and set multiple time points to automatically change the wallpaper.

effect

Summary

This time, with the iOS 14.4 update, we will take everyone to learn about some of the features and functions of the iOS update, and at the same time, take everyone through the new features to realize Write shortcut instructions for automatic wallpaper change.

I believe that iOS features will be more abundant and powerful in the future, and the author will follow up and continue to bring you more shortcuts and tutorials, so stay tuned.

Finally, if you are interested, if you want to get more shortcut instructions, you are welcome to reply to the shortcut instructions in the WeChat background. Get resources!

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