Apple Watch Ultra -No Shortcut Option Under Action Menu.

I still have the problem - No Shortcuts option for my Action Button.

I have updated to latest FW iOS 17.0.3 (iPhone 14 Pro) and WatchOS 10.0.2 (Ultra 2).

Selected Shortcuts have Apple Watch enabled.

Anyone else still with the same problem on latest FW?

I just updated both my phone and ultra 2 I bought Sunday and I’m still having this issue with shortcuts not appearing in the action button tasks. Tried to reinstall and everything and still nothing. What issue was resolved?

Ok, I was one of the people who was saying this is no longer available - I only recently bought an Apple Watch Ultra 2 so I was a bit annoyed that I couldn't use this feature.

Cutting to the chase... the reason it wasn't working is that I had chosen NOT to sync the Shortcuts to iCloud...

On the iPhone you need to:

1. Go to Settings
2. Tap the first entry, your Name (the Apple ID, iCloud, Media & Purchases button)
3. Then tap the iCloud button
4. Under APPS USING ICLOUD - Tap Show All
5. Scroll down to where the toggle for Shortcuts is... make sure that's green (selected/on)

Now all the shortcuts that are flagged as available on Apple Watch will be synced with your watch - you can check that on the watch by pressing the wheel button, pick Shortcuts from the list and you should see more than just the compass ones. If you don't, you might need to wait a minute.

This is for sure why some of us did not see the option in the Actions menu.

Also, now that the shortcuts are now synced, go back to the Watch app on the iPhone:

1. Tap the Action Button element
2. Tap the ACTION select
3. Now you should see Shortcut as the option just above the None option
4. Pick Shortcut
5. Tap the Back button (called Action Button, top left)
6. Now you should also see a new menu under the ACTION choice called SHORTCUT
7. Tap that menu
8. You should see a list of all the Shortcuts that are available in the Shortcuts on your iPhone that were set to "Show on Apple Watch" - FYI, that's done if you click the (...) in any shortcut and then press the (i) in the bottom menu.

I'm quite sure that solves it for everyone, since I was thinking the same as everyone else. It's a pity no Apple employee could tell us this though.

I guess if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. 😆

I HAVE FOUND A FIX

the issue I had was when I clicked action button shortcuts would not even show up as an option

Right guys I’ve tried everyone’s suggestions and nothing worked I have the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Apple Watch 2 ultra none of the fixes other people suggested did not work.

but here’s what worked for me

it is worth noting I did try buying more iCloud and and backing up the phone before hand like one of the other suggestions I do not know if this had an effect.

go to settings

go to shortcuts

click advanced

allow running script

allow sharing large amounts of data

that’s what allowed it to work for me

Step 1: Launch the Watch app, and head into My Watch, and here, select Action Button.

Step 2: Now you select the action you want the button to be paired with followed by tapping Action Button to go back.

Step 3: In the App section, select the app you want to trigger for the action selected in Step 2, followed by assigning an action to First Press trigger as well.

As Apple says, “Some features allow different actions to happen on the first and second press of the button.”

And that’s it. You just configured that special button on your new Apple Watch.

07Dec23 - Hi, I'm having exactly the same issue - Apple Watch Ultra 2 on OS 10.1.1 & iPhone 13 running iOS 17.1.2.

In My Watch on iPhone the list of options showing as assignable to the Action Button does not include 'Shortcut' - & I have created shortcuts so the Watch App should see there are some available.

I can also see my Watch under Find My - so the link to iCloud is active.

Spoke to first line Apple Support yesterday - the agent couldn't find any mention of it in their knowledgebase - which is a worry!

He is escalating to 2nd level support to investigate - he opened a ticket & gave me the ticket number so it will now be in the queue for attention.

Will post again here as soon as I hear back.

I found this on Reddit. Just doing step one and waiting for about 10 minutes worked for me.

OP: vengefulgrapes

I found the solution! It involves deleting and reinstalling the Shortcuts app. Take these steps to prevent losing all your shortcuts:

1. Go to Settings > Shortcuts > iCloud Sync and turn it on. Give the app a few minutes to sync up to make sure all your shortcuts are uploaded to iCloud.
2. Your shortcuts will be saved to iCloud, but your automations will NOT. Take screenshots of what automations you have and, especially for long and complicated ones, of the contents of the automations. This will make it much easier to restore your automations.
3. Delete Shortcuts app and reinstall from App Store. Your shortcuts will be restored from iCloud (again, your automations will not and you will have to make them again).
4. Turning on iCloud Sync (if it wasn't on before) may have removed some shortcuts from their folders. You can move them back now.
5. Tapping the "..." button on any shortcut may bring up a menu offering you to fix a sync issue by choosing the version saved to either your phone or your watch. Choose the one on your phone. This is because any changes you made on your phone wouldn't have been saved on the watch, since it wasn't syncing right.

The Shortcuts app on Apple Watch should now be synced! Any changes you make on your phone will now be properly reflected on your watch.

I don't know whether turning of iCloud Sync for the Shortcuts app would stop it from syncing to your watch, but I'm definitely not going to try it.

None of this makes any sense - once you go into "Action Button" in the My Watch app on the iPhone, you see an ACTION section, click on it (it's a select mechanism) and as of right now, there are the following options:

• Workout
• Stopwatch
• Waypoint
• Backtrack
• Dive
• Torch
• None

That's IT... I have no idea what you mean in "Step 3" since it doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Is this a BETA feature? Has it been removed? Can someone from Apple say which?

I had the same problem until today. In your Apple Watch app go to general>Apple ID. This is where you would need to login your Apple ID. It appears as if you’re logged in but that’s not the case you need to depress where it says login and it shows your actual Apple ID and enter your password and press the orange sign prompt. in from there Your Apple Watch will show in Find My app as well as your Shortcuts will now be working as intended.

Hope this helps !

Go into the Watch app go to general scroll down to Apple ID and enter your Apple ID and your password from there your Apple Watch will now show in the Find My and your Shortcuts will have now have available options from the drop-down screen.

Unfortunately I also have exactly the same issue, despite all suggestions made in this post. I am not able to see the shortcut option under the action button/menu. Hopefully someone can provide the solution! Many thanks!

Kind of frustrating, it's Nov 20 and I still have this problem on iOS 17.1.1 and Watch OS 10.1.1. There should be an easy way to do this! Just bought the Ultra 2 last week and have been setting it up.