Can I set up a shortcut on my iPhone X?

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Keezl Author

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Can I set up a shortcut on my iPhone X?

I would like to know, is it possible to set up a shortcut to a specific category of Settings?

What I would like to be able to do is set up an Icon on the Home screen that would take me to

Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Devices

Why? Because I frequently need to access these settings.

It seems this should be pretty simple. I can do it on a Windows computer, quite simply, but I see no way to do this on my iPhone.

Note: I have looked at the Shortcuts app. I do not think it allows me to do what I've described above.

If someone can provide step-by-step instructions for creating a shortcut, I'd be very glad to know how to do this.

If this is not possible, it's something Apple should add to the iOS.

My phone is iPhone X, running iOS 15.2.

iPhone X

Posted on Dec 29, 2021 5:17 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 29, 2021 5:32 PM in response to Keezl

If you have MFi hearing aids, you can use the Accessibility shortcut to access those settings. Go to Settings>Accessibility>Accessibility Shortcut. Set it to MFi Hearing Devices. Then, when you triple-click the side button of the iPhone, it will take you right to that settings area.

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 29, 2021 7:01 PM in response to Keezl

While I don't use shortcuts on my device, I can provide you this link to the Shortcut User Guide from Apple. Shortcuts User Guide - Apple Support Good luck.

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Keezl Author

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Dec 29, 2021 6:32 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Thank you, Chris, for your reply. Your reply is correct, but it's not quite what I want to do. See the image below.

So again I ask, Is it possible to set up a shortcut to a specific category of Settings?

[A slight correction concerning what I said in my original post about Windows shortcuts: It's easy to create a Windows shortcut to an app or a file. But a shortcut to specific settings, maybe not. Regardless, it seems Apple could easily add such a feature.]

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Keezl Author

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Dec 29, 2021 8:16 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

Thank you. I have looked at the Shortcuts App. If there is a way to create a shortcut to a specific setting on my phone, I can't figure it out. Looks to me like this app uses actions (or building blocks) that apparently are selected by Apple. My experience was that I couldn't find the actions I needed, "building" a shortcut seemed pretty complicated.

Thanks again, Chris

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ChrisJ4203

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Dec 29, 2021 8:19 PM in response to Keezl

You're welcome. Sorry that could not help. Guess you need to access a lot for the hearing aids regularly. I'm fortunate, I just need to occasionally change the preset or the volume levels. I'll also mute them when I want to rest. Good luck in the future.

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