Conversational Siri Shortcuts for the Smart Home! | HomeKit Siri Shortcuts for the Apple HomePod

[@ShaneCreates]

See the screenshots and download these shortcuts to your device to use yourself: shanewhatley.com/2019/12/15/conditional-siri-shortcuts-for-the-smart-home/ Video Timecodes: OVERVIEW - 1:18 MOVIE NIGHT SHORTCUT - 3:34 • Set homekit lights for watching a movie • Asks which app to open on the Apple TV • Turns on the TV and opens the app on the Apple TV that you choose GOODNIGHT SHORTCUT - 7:18 • Gives the weather forecast for the next day • Gives the first event on your calendar for the next day • Asks if you would like to set your work alarm • Create an automation that turns on morning lights ONLY if the work alarm is snoozed in the morning.

[@rocker61073]

Shane Whatley I cant seem to download these, says page not found.

[@ShaneCreates]

@@rocker61073 I apologize. I have fixed the link: shanewhatley.com/conditional-siri-shortcuts-for-the-smart-home/

[@fredrikvalfridsson2758]

Love stuff like this! Finally someone that can explain so i understand 😂 more shortcuts and HomeKit automations 👌🏼🤙🏼

[@Paulgarfunkle]

I would love to see more videos like this. You did such a good job making it look easy. Thanks for all the help!

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Karl! I appreciate the feedback and support!

[@thitemple]

I will second this comment. Keep up the great work, your videos are very helpful

[@ocaklilar]

Hi, thanks for the tips. Regarding the weather shortcut; incase of going bed after midnight, it is better than getting the first index from the list instead of the second one. I've done that by getting the current hour and taking the forecast in an if clause. Regards.

[@loveorterstrom4125]

Great video, as are all of your videos 😃😃 I was wondering, which Siri-voice do you have for Siri in this video? Thanks!

[@ericsaunders3824]

Great video! Your Siri Shortcut videos show that the automation that can be done is limitless. Too bad Siri Shortcuts is not that intuitive. Your videos really help show off the potential. The toggle on/off NFC video really helped me tremendously. Keep discovering and sharing. ES

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Eric! I agree, siri shortcuts are not super intuitive. They have come a long way though in a short time since their initial release in ios12. So hopefully they will continue to get even better and more intuitive as time goes on.

[@ethanmorris7595]

Thank you for muting the “hey Siri” that earned my subscription

[@ShaneCreates]

Sure thing, thanks Ethan!

[@myHomeKithome]

Shortcuts are really a step forward. I also think that some of the back-end changes that we saw with iOS 13 i.e. suggested scenes, iTags etc. are a foreshadowing of the HomeKit home actually becoming smart automatically recognizing accessories and their micro-location offering practical scenes and automations based on other accessories in our homes and our habits.

[@ShaneCreates]

It sure is a fun time to be into all this smart home stuff!

[@inkeye1]

Thanks for the shortcuts. I created the movie shortcut. I made a variation for morning tv. I was curious if there is a way to have the Apple TV turn off after a certain amount of time via a shortcut?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks for watching Billy. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a good way to do that. Timers are tricky in homekit and even harder if you are trying to control the Apple TV. You can try the "wait" action in shortcuts, but that usually doesn't work well for anything longer than a minute or so.

[@snapbacktv08]

Can you do one when Siri speaks instead of text ?

[@gilbertsandoval2483]

Great video! I'm having a few problems, I'm hoping you can help me out with. The first is the shortcut is not executing on my HomePod, the other problem is the upcoming events is not working, next problem is the alarm is not working. In the video has a toggle for work alarm, I don't know what toggle alarm is, I just have regular alarm. Last, the Scripting does not have "Show Result" (11:55) under Scripting. I like the video and would like to add these features to my Shortcuts.

[@eliang87]

Can you confirm if this shortcut still works with HomePod?

[@mattmellor4]

Really enjoy your channel Shane. I tried to modify the good night shortcut with just the weather info , but I can’t get it to work. Is there something I should replace the “choose from menu” option?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Matt! If you don't need the Menu action, you can just delete that part.

[@obilong6389]

Great job man! i watch a video yesterday with aqara hub and i subscribed immediately. Is the first time that i understand shortcuts and thank you very much. I build a smart home with home kit the last 6 months but with xiaomi hub and you set me to buy an aqara hub for better automation in home kit, i think i found my person. Keep up the good work and keep us fresh. Peace & cheers from Greece.

[@ShaneCreates]

Con Obilong Awesome! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!

[@leic_a_r_72]

Hey Shane, First I would like to thank you for the great and helpful Videos. I follow your instructions for the „Goodnight“-Shortcut and it runs on the iPhone Screen but Siri is not willing to talk with me over the HomePod. Any advices? Best regards from Germany, Alex

[@ryanpierce362]

Is there a way to prompt Siri to ask a question(or to just run a shortcut) based on a door sensor opening?

[@benchristie]

This is so good. Really informative video!

[@ShaneCreates]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@jedwardoo]

Great and helpful Siri Shortcuts. Will you do Automation videos for Siri too?

[@barisoktem731]

Shane that's a great instructional video. Thank you, but i couldn't manage to work movie night because shortcuts app doesn't get my apple tv applications when i press the tv button in remote it says your devices is not up to date. But all of my devices are perfectly update i never miss updates.

[@ShaneCreates]

I'm assuming it has something to do with the current software versions. Are you running betas on either the Apple tv or your iPhone? If one is on a beta and the other is not, you may have an issue. Hopefully once everything is updated to iOS 14 and tvOS 14 there won't be any issues.

[@barisoktem731]

@@ShaneCreates i hope so too i assume my appletv is on beta thats why

[@ThePlasticStud1]

This video came at the perfect time. Just got my HomePod. Thinking if I should get another

[@ShaneCreates]

Áéíö Ú awesome!

[@Omilpz]

Great video! Was wondering if you could help me with a problem. I’ve repeatedly taught Siri my voice on the home app and even when I ask my HomePod who’s speaking she still doesn’t know. I’ve turned off and on my Siri in settings and even reset the HomePod and nothing still. 🙁

[@rafaelsilva-kd3nn]

Hello, your videos are great and help a lot. I'm having a problem with the shortcuts and the homepod. The shortcuts when pressed work fine, but when i try to use homepod with a voice comand it doesn´t work, like it doesn't recognize the shortcut. Great work.

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Rafael! Not sure what the problem may be there. Assuming you are using the shortcut name as the voice trigger for the HomePod. If it works using siri on your phone, it should work on the HomePod too. HomePod and phone connected to the same wifi network?

[@rafaelsilva-kd3nn]

@@ShaneCreates yes, im using the shortcut name as the voice trigger but it didnt run the shortcut. If i use the scenes from the homekit i can run it with the voice trigger but with the shortcuts doesn't do it. Yes, both connected to the same wifi network. thank you for your answer.

[@davidquirk2105]

Shane-another fantastic video and clearly I need to spend some time learning more about the power of Shortcuts! Is there a site or video you recommend for a deep dive in learning in-depth about Shortcuts? Also, I sold my HomePod over a year ago when I discovered I couldn’t get it to play music as my alarm. With these shortcuts/automations, I’m guessing it’s now possible to set a shortcut to play music as soon as your alarm goes off but do you know if that’s the case? That would make me look at getting another one (or two). Thanks again!

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks David! Yea, shortcuts are so powerful and even I feel like I've only scratched the surface. I don't think an alarm itself can trigger a shortcut. I know when an alarm is "snoozed" and "stopped" can both be triggers. I use the snooze alarm trigger every day to turn on my homekit morning scene. You can also include playback to your HomePod through HomeKit automations that can be set at a specific time. You could potentially use that as an alarm I suppose. Regarding shortcut resources for a deeper dive...here are a few that I know of: -Matthew Cassinelli - has a youtube channel and lots of shortcuts and resources on his website. He does amazing things with shortcuts. - Tech Craft - youtube channel that has a good beginners guide to shortcuts video series. - Siri Shortcuts Field Guide by David Sparks - an in-depth, $29 course on shortcuts. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!

[@pawjeppesen-ifttttricks605]

Great video. Been working with siri shortcut to. One thing wondering me, though. On the movie shortcut, you wake te Apple TV at both the Netflix and Disney plus. Why not fire it right before you start the "choose from list"? I have learned a bit of programming (c#), and one thing I've been told, is that you may not do the same thing more than one. //Paw

[@ShaneCreates]

Yea, that should work too. It doesn't actually do the same thing more than once. It will only perform one set of actions or the other depending on which you choose, so this also works. But I am indeed NOT a programmer so... 😃

[@amyriley5812]

This was a great video! I need some advice though. I am going crazy trying to figure out how to get the music to only play on the TV and how do I get Siri to stop saying “ok done” after every step? I’m trying to set up something like your Christmas shortcut. Thanks!

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Amy! Try using the "set destination playback" action to have music play on the TV (assuming it's and airplay tv or connected to Apple TV). Afraid there is not much we can do about Siri saying "ok done" after each step. I agree, it's super annoying. Hopefully that is something we'll see fixed in an update eventually.

[@phonepup06]

thats great! can you run these from away--like from apple car play?

[@fhotofaerie1722]

This is just what I needed, if I can get it to work! Why does mine say after setup and asking to start the scene, “I found some web results, I’ll send them to your iPhone” to where it sends the list results prompts I put in? I get a drop down for my app choices instead of the homepod asking me what I’d like to do. Otherwise works as it should.

[@ShaneCreates]

Some things have changed in the past 6 months or so with the way these shortcuts operate on the HomePod. There have been some big changes in the software of the HomePod, probably to prepare for the HomePod mini and new features. This might be a good video topic to revisit for a future video.

[@fhotofaerie1722]

@@ShaneCreates I know nothing about anything when it comes to smart home things. But I love it, just need to learn it! I acquired an original homepod, and then after a LIFX bulb out of longtime curiosity and wonder. Now I’m trying to make the most out of my Apple eco-system with HomeKit and shortcuts etc. Will look forward to more videos.

[@myphamouslife6399]

This was a GREAT tutorial! FYI I hit 👉🏾 that subscribe button man. Good job! Keep the HomeKit videos coming. 🙌🏾

[@ShaneCreates]

MyPhamousLife thanks so much!

[@genuine74boomer]

This is a really helpful and clearly explained video on shortcuts - thanks Shane! I do have a question though - in these shortcuts you are triggering the shortcuts with a voice command and I would like to know if you could trigger for example the "good night" shortcut without a voice command but merely because it is a particular time. I'm interested in this because when I used to use Alexa I could set an alarm that woke my children up with a weather report, turned on their lights and played a radio station (all without me getting my lazy self out of bed)! Thanks!

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Rafael! That's a good question. Simply put, the answer is no, you cannot have a shortcut run automatically at a specific time. You can set them up to run, but you will have to tap on the notification at that specified time for it to run. Through basic homekit automations, you CAN have lights turn on and pay music through a speaker at a specific time with no interactions, but not shortcuts. To go deeper on this, shortcut automations generally require some sort of input. What you are looking for is an option called "Ask before Running" when setting up a shortcut. However, this option is not available for all automations. It is available for automation triggers such as CarPlay, NFC, When low power mode is turned on, etc. but NOT available for triggers such as Time of day, leave, etc. The main difference being triggers that require some sort of input...if that makes sense. So if you set up a shortcut to run everyday at 6:00am, you will get a notification on your phone at 6:00am that you must tap in order to run the shortcut. On the other hand, a shortcut can be set up to run, with "ask before running" turned off, that can run automatically everyday when you snooze your alarm. Hope that makes sense.

[@genuine74boomer]

@@ShaneCreates Thanks so much for that informative reply!

[@brandonculler8550]

Another great video!!!! Tip for your viewers... Make sure your running 13.3 on the homepod. I have a very similar setup so i created the "Movie Time" shortcut under a different name and it works perfectly on my Iphone taping on the shortcut itself or using Siri on my Iphone..she talks back using the interactive prompts & does everything correctly... however my homepod would not run any of my shortcuts (i tried every one I had created, even simple ones).. she just says, "I'm sorry, there is something wrong.. please try again". I rebooted the homepod.. still same error. i went into the home app & noticed there was an upgrade... after i installed 13.3 Im happy to report everything is working!!!! So 13.2 had issues with this but 13.3 is working.. for me at least

[@ShaneCreates]

Great tip! Thanks for pointing that out Brandon. Glad to hear everything is working as expected now!

[@josephbird2756]

Hi Shane, this video realy helped. Is it possible to make a smart door lock lock in 5 seconds; for instance, you say to Siri 'I'm going out', and it will lock the door once you're out? Or should i just say it to my Apple Watc h or iPhone when I leave?

[@ShaneCreates]

Many smart locks have an auto lock feature for when you leave. Otherwise yes you can use Siri in your watch or phone. You can also set up a shortcut with a 5 second “wait” action first, then lock the door.

[@josephbird2756]

@@ShaneCreates Thanks so much man! I got a little confused with the Siri Shortcuts app lol

[@luisdemetrio3053]

Great video Shane! Question: - Is it possible to turn off my smart plug when my iPhone battery reaches 100% combining short cut and automation? Thanks

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Luis! I don't think it's possible to use the battery in that way as a trigger for an automation. You can use "low power mode" as a trigger in a personal automation but that is the closest thing that I know of.

[@RMPANDA964]

Damnit, your bell sound with the subscribed button sounds like my smoke alarm starting to go off

[@danielbazanc]

Hi Shane! I have been struggling with a shortcut, the idea is that at certain time of the day, Siri reads me my upcoming events in my calendar, but I want my HomePod mini reads that tom me, I create the shortcut and work totally fine, but when I link the shortcut to an automation, Siri tell my upcoming events from my iPad and no from my HomePod mini, I already set a playback destination to my HomePod mini in the shortcut but it didn't work, hope you can help me! thank you very much, I love your videos!

[@ShaneCreates]

Hey Daniel, I tried to do the same thing and haven't had much luck either. For some reason the "set destination playback" doesn't seem to process during an automation. I may play around with it some more.

[@joneson]

I’m so addicted to your videos. Well done mate

[@ShaneCreates]

Joneson Galassini thanks so much for the support!

[@richards3345]

Awesome video Shane. I am having an issue with the ending. Siri keeps saying “your shortcut says goodnight ,sleep tight. I noticed yours says your name instead of your shortcut says. Any idea on how I can change this?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Richard. I think this may be considered a bug. I've heard of others having the same issue and even I get the dreaded "shortcut says" before certain shortcut actions. It might have something to do with the Siri voice and language you have set, so you could try changing it to see if that helps. I have mine set to English (US) and American (female) voice.

[@richards3345]

Shane Whatley I have my voice set to the same. Hopefully this is something Apple will fix in an upcoming update

[@ShaneCreates]

Richard Saunders I agree. It can very annoying at times.

[@SteveHinrichs]

Shane, love your videos. I have learned so much. I have downloaded a number of the shortcuts. They are awesome. Question: is there a way to have a HomePod to automatically announce a calendar event a sent number of minutes prior to the event? I am thinking this would be a great feature due to me working from home. I have an office HomePod. I would like the calendar reminder on my devices, but also a verbal reminder from the HomePod Is this possible? Thanks for all your great videos.

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Steve! I'm not sure if that is possible. You would need something to trigger the shortcut and I don't know of a way to do so using a calendar event.

[@SteveHinrichs]

Shane Whatley thank you sir, keep the videos going.

[@royreeves1072]

Shane do you know the shortcut for SiriusXM ?

[@giovannidongatto4192]

Great stuff! Please help me to stop the Siri voice from responding when I request a command. For example: When I tell Siri to "turn on the dining room light" I do not need her to tell me audibly "OK dining room lights are on." It is obvious that the lights came on. How can I stop Siri from audibly acknowledging the action?

[@DennisWarner]

Shane, love your videos!!! I’m trying to set a shortcut up to when I run it my fan in bathroom (Lutron switch) turns on then 45 min later the fan turns off. Any idea how I can do this?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Dennis! Timers like you mention are pretty tough in homekit automations/shortcuts. I find the "wait" action in shortcuts gives me problems when the wait is longer than a few seconds. Not sure if you are running hoobs/homebridge, but the only reliable method I can think of is by using dummy switches/timers via hoobs/homebridge.

[@DennisWarner]

Not running hoops or homebridge YET. I’m planning on it soon. Thanks

[@christopherkwalik8941]

Hey Shane.... nice video.... Do you have your shortcuts in a place where I can download it? Having some trouble.... thanks for the video....

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks! Yes, you can download them from my blog post here: shanewhatley.com/2019/12/15/conditional-siri-shortcuts-for-the-smart-home/

[@Camperniki]

Is there a way to make the movie night shortcut work if you have a smart tv not an Apple TV? My friend’s grandma has a smart tv but is disabled and this would help out a lot

[@ShaneCreates]

You could turn the tv on and off (if it's a homekit enabled tv) but you wouldn't be able to control the content, unless you are using a streaming device that also has support for Siri Shortcuts, like a Roku.

[@hypebeasttech4944]

On a different but close topic would you be able to make some cool hue lights affects with ifttt for homekit

[@ShaneCreates]

Hypebeast Tech I really haven’t used ifttt with Phillips hue much. You can probably use a 3rd party Phillips hue effects app that supports Siri Shortcuts to build some effects into shortcuts.

[@thiagobones]

Hi man. Can you do a review (if possible) of alexa working with homekit? It seems it works with hoobs...

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks for the suggestion. I stopped using all my alexa devices a while back so I don't have experience incorporating it into homebridge/hoobs. I may look into it some more. Thanks again!

[@thiagobones]

@@ShaneCreates Thanks! that would help a lot since alexa hubs are way more accessible than a homepod out of US. I saw someone saying it works with homebridge devices but i don't know if they also work with homekit ones after paired with hoobs...think it would be a gread add to your channel since it's about an affordable automation.

[@ShaneCreates]

It’s my understanding that it exposes the homebridge accessories to Alexa but not the other way around. If that’s the case, I don’t really see a huge benefit imo since most HomeKit products are also compatible with Alexa already.

[@thiagobones]

@@ShaneCreates that's my thought as well! if that's the case than it makes no sense to use homekit...and that's not the point here....still...thanks a lot!

[@eliasaguilar8267]

i did everything you said, including downloading your shortcut and my homepod still won't execute the short cut. Its keeps saying i need to add a first name to my contact. which makes no sense. Can you give any advice on this? thanks your videos are awesome.

[@ShaneCreates]

Hmm..that's a new one. Strange since the shortcuts don't have anything to do with contacts. The only thing I can think of is maybe it's referring to your own personal contact information from your phone. I would check to make sure you have a contact for yourself in your phone set up with a first name. Hopefully that helps. Thanks for watching and the support!

[@eliasaguilar8267]

@@ShaneCreates Thank you so much. You were right. that worked!!

[@Chris4ord]

Great video - so great to see your channel grow :)

[@ShaneCreates]

Chris4ord thanks so much!! 🙏🏻

[@GuidoWilden]

This is brilliant however also demonstrates the weakness of the system. I played around with the Good Night automation and had similar results as other people. When answering 'no' to the alarm query it would do nothing and not complete when using via my iPhone (which is what I have with me in the bedroom). Meaning: it would not turn off an alarm that was turned on. When triggering it via the HomePod (which lives in the kitchen) it worked perfectly. Guess this shows how inconsistent the Apple stuff unfortunately still is. If it works via one device it should work on all you'd expect. Brilliant work however ... got yourself a new subscriber in me.

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Guido! Yes, unfortunately there are still some definite inconsistencies across devices. I'm sure stuff like this will continue to improve but it can be frustrating in the meantime. Really not sure why your phone would give you trouble with this one tho. I use it all the time (I also don't have a HomePod in my bedroom so I use my phone). But like you said, if it works on the HomePod, it should definitely work on your phone also. As an alternative to the "choose from menu" scripting action, you could try the "ask" scripting action followed by an IF statement...maybe you'd have more luck with that one. Anyways, thanks for watching and subscribing!

[@burogs]

Great video again!! Quick question for the personal automation on the alarm. Any chance to put a condition on that to specify if you are at home?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Burak! Yes this should be possible, it just requires some more steps. I believe you would need to do this as the actions after you set snooze alarm as the trigger: -Get current location -get details (city) from current location -run an If statement that’s says IF city contains (your home’s city) turn on lights, OTHERWISE do nothing. Maybe there is an easier way, idk. Something like that should work tho. You may need to tinker around a bit to get it working just right as you want.

[@burogs]

Shane Whatley thanks!! That worked!!

[@ShaneCreates]

Burak Aktan awesome! 👍🏻

[@rafaelmaiamoro5341]

Hey! Amazing videos. I wish i can create this type of shorcuts... but is very complex for me... im trying to do Home Automation with some Google Assistant accessories that doesnt work with HomeKit yet, like Somfy shades. Im from Brazil... do you know a forum or can u help me ?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thank you! I don't use Google Assistant, only HomeKit. Maybe search reddit for some help with Google Assistant?

[@rafaelmaiamoro5341]

@@ShaneCreates Im all about homekit except for shades! I will still watch your channel. Thanks

[@Averip]

Thank you !

[@vhenjoseph]

can it support multiple calendars from different people?

[@ShaneCreates]

Yes, shortcuts run from your personal device.. so they are device, or person specific.

[@blakerudler5266]

Epic video man! I just made both of these with a few tweaks of my own, turning off the tv and all the lights for the ‘night’ automation. One thing I can’t figure out is when during your ‘goodnight’ mode Siri calls you by name during some of the conversation exchange, how did you enable that? I followed all your instructions and didn’t come across that? Thanks mate

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Blake! That's great! I've had many ask that. I believe Siri does this after enabling Multi-User support on the HomePod so she can then determine who in the house is speaking.

[@blakerudler5266]

Shane Whatley ah right that makes sense. I don’t have a HomePod so that answers that question lol. Thanks mate

[@Chimefierce]

Great video! I tried creating something similar using Reminders but that didn’t work. I tried adding reminders before the calendar, but Siri just skips to the calendar 😂. I think I’m going to set up a new shortcut with reminders Cos that’s where I always set my upcoming events. Hopefully that works. Thanks again for this video.

[@ShaneCreates]

Nice! Thanks for watching! I’m sure you can get that to work if you tinker with it a bit. I like the reminders app but don’t use it that much. I’ve been wanting to find ways to utilize it more.

[@VitoAD]

Shane thanks for the great video. I duplicated this shortcut and it works for the most part. The only thing is at the end after settings alarm Siri plays back "Your clock says your alarm is set" and then "Your shortcut says good night and sleep tight." Do you know why that would be and how I would fix that so it plays correctly at the end? Thanks.

[@ShaneCreates]

Vito D I've heard similar things from other people. Not exactly sure what make siri act the way she does sometimes. For example, mine doesn't say "your shortcut says" at the end of mine but I do get that for certain actions in other shortcuts. My only guess is that it's related to the Siri voice you have set in your settings. My Language is set to English (United States) with Siri Voice set to American (Female). If you just want Siri to say something like "goodnight" you can also try using the "Speak Text" action instead of "show result" action. However I find this option to sound very robotic.

[@VitoAD]

@@ShaneCreates thank you for the quick reply. I will try the speak text and see how that sounds. I do have Siri set as English(United States) and American Female. Now if Apple will add English (Brooklyn, NY) and Female (Brooklyn, NY) that would be great. Thanks again.

[@ShaneCreates]

Vito D 😂 😂

[@deralte680]

Hey Shane did you try it also with homepod mini? I‘ve try the first shortcut. The light scene works fine, but siri does not aks/speak

[@ShaneCreates]

I've also had some trouble with these types of shortcuts on the HomePods lately. This video is over a year old and some of the updates to the HomePod in the past year have changed how certain shortcut actions run on the HomePod, unfortunately. Maybe it's time for an updated video on this. I love using conversational shortcuts on the HomePod.

[@deralte680]

@@ShaneCreates appreciate an update video on that. Maybe including the homepod mini as well 👌🏽I am also a big Fan rather to use the pods as voice assistant than only as homekit central.

[@tarkikpatel]

Great Video. I actually created a similar shortcut couple of weeks back to the movie night and I use it to open my PS4, Netflix and Apple TV app. It is just so much easier to control things with voice and NFC stickers. I have a different question for you though. I have set up my VOCOlinc humidifier to go on every night when I run my Good night shortcut, but I can't find a way to add a timer for it to go off after certain hours since I don't want it to run till morning. So for now, I am manually setting the timer in the link wise app once it turns on. Do you have any suggestions how I might be able to add the timer for it in my night shortcut?

[@ShaneCreates]

In the linkwise app, you should be able to set schedules for the flowerbud. I actually have mine set in there to come on and shut off at specific times throughout the week. If you haven’t already, try setting the “Turn off flowerbud” schedule option for every night and see if that does the trick.

[@tarkikpatel]

Shane Whatley thank you for the reply. I’m aware about the setting the schedule, but the reason why I’m not using it because I don’t want it to run at night when I’m not home as it might be out of water and I could damage it. That’s why I was kinda looking to find a way that could combine with my night shortcut and every time the night shortcut was enabled, it would recognize it and stop the flowerbud after certain hours.

[@barisoktem731]

Ok, i'm in ios14 my iPad Pro and Apple TV when i try to make Movie NIght shortcut siri says "you cannot add more than one scenes at a time" warning. How can i solve this what's wrong with me or this Shortcuts??

[@jackdenenberg1788]

When a choose from menu shortcut is run with siri on a HomePod will siri know who’s talking if speaker recognition is turned on and pull up the appropriate alarms and calendars?

[@ShaneCreates]

Yes it should. In fact, utilizing "recognize my voice" on the HomePod is the only way to use shortcuts there because they are "personal" shortcuts.

[@jo92joey]

Nice tutorial! But somehow my Siri instead of reading my prompt script (which app would you like to open?) It just ask : "Which one?" Its an small issue but do you know how to fix it? =D

[@ShaneCreates]

I'm not sure. Sometimes Siri acts a little strange on the HomePod especially. Is your HomePod and iOS up to date? When I use the "choose from menu" action, it usually reads the prompt.

[@jo92joey]

@@ShaneCreates It's some small bug i guess cuz after a few try it started to read the prompt...thanks for the reply thou!

[@world_production]

Great video thx 😄👍👍👍

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks for watching!

[@renfred]

Great vid Shane! But I guess for the Goodnight shortcut to work as intended, u'd have to sleep before midnight right? or i guess u could add an if then function before this whole set and create another set of instructions for sleeping past midnight.

[@ShaneCreates]

Yes that’s a great point, very true. The if then statement would be a great option if you go to bed past midnight often. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@Y0V0BANGZ]

Hey, nice video! I am currently working on a script which does the following: When I turn off my alarm: Connect to Sonos One; Turn on bedroom lights; Siri tells me what the weather is for today; Siri tells me what upcoming events I have for the day; Music starts playing from my playlist. When running the script everything goes smoothly, but when I run it including the trigger (turning off my alarm), the audio is coming from my iPhone instead of my Sonos One. The music does come from the Sonos One. Any suggestions? Or can you test whether it does the same for you?

[@ShaneCreates]

Hey, thanks! Since you are connecting to a speaker, it sounds like you should try the "speak text" action to have Siri give you the info. Then put all the weather, events, etc. in the "speak text" action. Hopefully that helps.

[@ScottTaylorRealtor]

How damn cool! Can’t wait to try shortcuts.

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks! Yea shortcuts are awesome. Some of the stuff from this video doesn't work as well on the HomePod since the HomePods all got the big update this year. Stay tuned because I'll definitely be doing some more shortcut videos in the near future.

[@robertfoster108]

This video is awesome!!!! Thanks so much Shane!!

[@ShaneCreates]

Robert thanks for watching!!

[@barisoktem731]

Hey Shane, i try everything to work but Siri always says "scene hasn't been setup yet" this means nothing. I setup scene perfectly with your instructions. I'm living in Turkey is there a known restriction for this country?? my homepods and ipad is in latest software.

[@ShaneCreates]

Baris, are you having trouble everywhere with it? Does it work on the iPhone? HomePod? etc.

[@rli1540]

Is there an option siri dont ask „IF“ the tv is already on and automatically turns the tv off? So you dont have to make 2 shortcuts for wake and sleep the apple tv.

[@ShaneCreates]

If all you want to do is turn on or off the Apple TV, you can do that with Siri, no need for a shortcut. Just say, Hey Siri, turn the Apple TV off.

[@cliffordpowell1543]

I followed your video, very good by the way, and can’t seem to get it to work. A few questions. Will Siri only speak through a HomePod? Is this why I hear nothing when I run it? I am using my iPad currently. I do get the weather forecast (text, not spoken), but no calendar items. Any ideas why? When you set the routine to read upcoming events on the calendar. It didn’t show any events. I also added to that yes/no function for Siri to say/show that there were no events on the calendar if there were no events. Neither result is shown. Any ideas as to why this does not work.

[@ShaneCreates]

Hey Clifford. Thanks for watching! No, Siri will speak through any device if you use Siri to run the shortcut. If you tap the shortcut on the iPad it will run using text. If you use "hey siri" to run the shortcut, Siri should speak all the results. Regarding your problem not getting the calendar items, it's hard to know for sure without knowing more. My guess, if everything else is set up right and you are not getting any errors, is that you forgot to call up the "text" that we created that includes the calendar info (see around 10:00 in the video). I added that in the Choose from Menu prompt, right before mentioning the weather. Now, if you created an additional "text" action for if there are no events, you will need to add that one here as well. Hope that makes sense. And hopefully that helps!

[@mkosuch1424]

@@ShaneCreates I had a similar problem everything works great in text on the iPhone but Siri doesn't talk to mr on the iPhone or on the HomePod do u have a solution for that? Great vid btw !!!

[@gomas17]

Hello, good video, I have a doubt and I think you could help me, can you do a pressure button through a switch HomeKit and automation? For example, as soon as you click to call, it immediately hangs up

[@ShaneCreates]

Go as I’m not sure I understand what you are trying to do.

[@markhamilton1985]

Brilliant video! only thing I can't figure out is that at the end of your shortcut Siri says sleep tight without saying done first. If I try and do the same Siri says done followed by sleep tight. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Mark

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Mark! If you go back and rewatch, you’ll notice she does say “done, Shane. Your 5:25 alarm is now set..”. Does yours do that? And are you using a HomePod to run the shortcut as well?

[@markhamilton1985]

Shane Whatley My shortcut says done and then Siri says “your shortcuts says sleep tight” rather than just sleep tight. Does the same on either HomePod or iPhone.

[@markhamilton1985]

Shane Whatley Also wondered if you might be interested in something. I am running a security system with the aqara hub and with a little bit of DIY I have managed to use any HomeKit sensor as a trigger for the alarm and also added loud off the shelf sirens. Happy to share how if you would like to give it a go?

[@ShaneCreates]

Mark Hamilton Siri is crazy sometimes. I’ve had similar issues in the past and with certain shortcuts and heard of others with the same problem. I don’t really know what the common denominator is in that. It seems like it’s gotten better recently for me. The only thing I know to check is to make sure your HomePod and phone are updated to the latest software versions (should be 13.3 on both right now I think). Also maybe check Siri settings on phone. I’m using American (female) with voice feedback set to always. Maybe that is a factor.

[@ShaneCreates]

Mark Hamilton and yea I’d love to hear how you did that. Feel free to shoot me an email or dm on Twitter or Instagram. Thanks!

[@kakeskkd]

This is awesome dude 🙏🏼

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks for watching!

[@munimmorshed5742]

Do I need a Apple tv along with Apple homepod for this automation?

[@ShaneCreates]

The first automation does require an Apple TV since it is opening apps on the Apple TV. You don't necessarily need a HomePod, you could run the automation from your phone or iPad too. The second automation (good night shortcut) doesn't require either. You can run that from you iPhone (actually what I do most of the time since I don't have a HomePod in the bedroom).

[@daniellouquejr]

Shane, how do I add a little pause in between things that Siri is repeating back, everything seems to run into each other. Does a comma add a delay like in other programming?

[@ShaneCreates]

Punctuation should work for adding pauses to her speaking. You can also always add a “wait” action for a few seconds if needed and see how that works.

[@daniellouquejr]

@@ShaneCreates Thanks, will give it a try this afternoon.

[@daniellouquejr]

@@ShaneCreates Worked great. The only thing that I can't fix is at the end after alarm is set Siri says "Your shortcut says Goodnight and sleep tight". How do you eliminate the "Your Shortcut says". Also is your Siri have a default to always say your name or you are typing that in for her to say. Thanks and love your work.

[@ShaneCreates]

@@daniellouquejr Thanks for the support!! Others have asked that and I'm not quite sure the answer...Siri sometimes does her own thing. The only thing I can say is that I use American Female as my Siri voice and I have Multi-User support enabled (HomePod can recognize different people in the house). I think that may have something to do with the HomePod saying my name (no, I'm not typing that for her to say). Also, of course, make sure phone and HomePod are all running the latest versions of iOS. Hope that helps.

[@diegor1veros]

I’m following all the steps and of course the shortcut runs on my iPhone but I can’t get my HomePod mini to get it. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong 😭

[@ShaneCreates]

Sometimes it may take a little time for iCloud to sync up. Also, sometimes naming conventions can cause weird things. Maybe give it a different name and see if that helps... worth a shot.

[@keithedwards9866]

Great video Shane. I stumbled on it and you have a new subscriber here! Looking forward to more great videos in the future. Keep up the good work.

[@ShaneCreates]

Hey Keith. Thanks so much for the support!

[@thXgrXXnroom]

This is dope! Question tho, for the ‘goodnight’ shortcut... would I be able to add multiple alarm choices, being I work retail?

[@ShaneCreates]

Thanks Gladimar! And yes you definitely can do that. In fact, when you choose which alarm when setting up the shortcut, there is an option that says “ask each time” which SHOULD ask you which of your alarms you would like to turn on every time the shortcut runs.

[@thXgrXXnroom]

Amazing!!!!! I’m working on a smart home as well. This is officially my favorite sub! Lol.

[@thXgrXXnroom]

Has there been a way to slowly transition hue lights from let’s say; I’m currently on a setting that has my lights set at 60 percent brightness & I say something like “hey Siri, goodnight”, it would transition the lights from the 60 percent brightness to off over a 30 times pan?

[@ShaneCreates]

Gladimar Simeon in theory you could set the brightness,add a “wait” action, then repeat over and over in a shortcuts gradually reducing it each time. I also found this article that explains how to create a scene in the hue app, then add it to shortcuts. Looks like you have to use a 3rd party hue app to create the fade but I think this would work. Possibly smoother than trying to do it manually in shortcuts... techheroesinc.blogspot.com/2018/11/finally-siri-supports-transition-times.html?m=1

[@thXgrXXnroom]

You, my friend are the GOAT of HomeKit! Thank you!

[@Ahmad-zm1pd]

i did everything thing but when i ask my homepod to do my shortcuts it doesn't work i need help asap and i dont use home kit smart plugs

[@VictorRoldanvictorroldan25]

same thing here, did you solve the problem?

[@nikadvise]

@@VictorRoldanvictorroldan25 Same problem here, did you find a solution to it?

[@VictorRoldanvictorroldan25]

@@nikadvise the solution was installing the official iOS 14. In that moment I had installed the beta version.

[@nikadvise]

Thanks ​@@VictorRoldanvictorroldan25 . I use the official :-( still not working. It's so frustrating.

[@nick34377]

For the goodnight automation at the end it says “shortcuts says goodnight” is there a way to not have it say shortcuts ? Great video

[@ShaneCreates]

nick34377 sometimes Siri gets a little weird when running shortcuts from voice. Did you set yours up the same as mine? Using HomePod? Make sure you have the latest software version installed on HomePod and phone if you haven’t already.

[@nick34377]

Shane Whatley yes exactly like you had it and latest firmware

[@ShaneCreates]

nick34377 that’s odd. Maybe it’s the Siri voice? Do you have it set to another accent or language?

[@nick34377]

Shane Whatley no I even deleted and re added show result and still says your shortcut says goodnight. Lol

[@TheBabaYagas]

I have the same problem. Haven’t figured it out yet... 😞. will let you know if I do.

[@datres7]

I did everything line per line and it’s not working on my HomePod mini

[@adamprodzinski6466]

Same here

[@sadeo1000]

My HomePod refuses to run my shortcuts. They run on all of my other devices. Any advice on this?

[@ShaneCreates]

That's odd. Make just make sure the HomePod and phone are on the same wifi first and using the same apple id. Other than that I'm not sure. You can restart the HomePod. I'd say maybe it's an iCloud sync thing, but it doesn't seem that's it since it works on other devices.

[@lucasbeier]

I don’t understand why, but the shortcut didn’t work in my HomePod Mini. They work in my iPhone, but not in my HomePod. I tried different shortcuts, some of them super simple that doesn’t do anything, and still doesn’t work.

[@ericchatman7220]

Shortcut saying make sure Apple TV is on latest software, it won’t open an app But it’s shows it’s on latest software Any please help

[@ThePlasticStud1]

At night I ask Siri to play rain ambient sound. But can’t figure out how to add this to the short cut. I can add music but I can’t add this ambient sound to my playlist (per Siri). Any ideas

[@ShaneCreates]

I don’t use ambient sounds much, but as far as I know, I don’t think you can add them to automations or shortcuts. Your best option is probably to find something similar through Apple Music (same as you would play a song or album) and set that to play via HomePod in your shortcut. There are tons of ambient sounds and sound effects in Apple Music.

[@ThePlasticStud1]

Shane Whatley I’ll give that a try. Thanks

[@jimmyGerm601]

Great video.

[@ShaneCreates]

James G thanks!!

[@iamsid9850]

Created the shortcut just as instructed here and when I say goodnight to my HomePod she just responds with “night” help? 😕

[@ShaneCreates]

Try renaming it. Or say "run goodnight shortcut."

[@kaleidoscope4939]

How did you set up the scene

[@kaleidoscope4939]

Because mine wasn’t working when I asked Siri

[@SeanSparkes]

Unable to get the Movie Night to work on Homepod since the iOS14 update! The ‘Choose from menu’ script no longer works with Homepod. I now get the message “I cant play from short cuts on this device” my other shortcuts work fine. Anyone else having the same issue?

[@ShaneCreates]

It could be a number of things I suspect. There seems to be some problems with the HomePod, especially regarding shortcuts, since ios14 released. The HomePods still haven't been upgraded to version 14, except those that are running betas on the HomePod, which can present whole new problems. "Movie Night" shortcut does not perform as it should on mine either right now. I'm hoping these small issues will be worked out once the HomePods get updated and all devices are running on software version 14.

[@SeanSparkes]

Shane Whatley Yeah I think that will most likely be the case. Software 14 is in Beta so probably get released next week after the iPhone event (rumours suggest a new Homepod or mini version to be announced )

[@VictorRoldanvictorroldan25]

Does anyone know why shortcuts don't work from the HomePod but from the iPhone? I created a new shortcut and if ask Siri from the phone it works perfectly but the same Siri command from the HomePod not. I really appreciate it if you can help me guys

[@ShaneCreates]

I believe it's a software version issue. You are not alone. Many people have had issues since ios14 rolled out regarding shortcuts on the HomePod. The HomePod is still on version 13. Hoping that it will get updated to 14 after the upcoming iPhone release and many of these issues will get smoothed out.

[@VictorRoldanvictorroldan25]

@@ShaneCreates It makes sense, thanks for responding.

[@4698137]

I have copied you instructions to the T and yet I can’t get it to work the short cut works on my devices but won’t work on the HomePod

[@ShaneCreates]

Michael, is the HomePod setup with the same Apple ID as your phone? Running latest software version on the HomePod?

[@PaulButtpwbutt]

If you make a mistake in an Automation, how do you delete it in Siri Shortcuts

[@ShaneCreates]

Paul Butt to delete an action from a shortcut just tap the “x” in upper right corner of the action. To delete the whole shortcut, tap and hold on the shortcut, then press delete.

[@PaulButtpwbutt]

@@ShaneCreates Thanks Shane I was pressing the whole Automation but not seeing delete, I discovered thanks to you that in 13.6 you have to slide the Shortcut to see delete. ( I'm a newbie at this)I'm trying to automate an electric fan I have in the bedroom to come on at a set time and turn off every now and then until I get up but unfortunately can't do. it has the Homepod and Smart Switch but can't get it to work. You don't know anyone that has or is doing a video on this, do you? Hint, Hint only joking lol. Seriously Thanks a lot, I'm just watching your videos on making a shortcut, the compilation of 6 videos. Thanks again. Paul

[@JRsReviews]

Nice video as always

[@ShaneCreates]

Active JR thank you! 🙏🏻

[@burogs]

I’ve tried setting this up. When I run the shortcut on the HomePod it starts with saying “Shortcut says”. Is there anyway around that?

[@ShaneCreates]

Burak Aktan there’s been lots of talk about that and unfortunately I don’t think there is much you can do. You can try changing the voice of Siri in the settings, which may help, but it seems to be a HomePod issue. I heard the problem went away for a while and then came back with recent updates. You can always submit feedback to Apple also. Hopefully they will get that taken care of for good in a future update.

[@burogs]

Shane Whatley thanks for the feedback. I created a shortcut that lists the status of all doors when you say good night. Just to give you more ideas.

[@ShaneCreates]

@@burogs That's a good idea. I can see using that to give feedback IF doors are unlocked, garage is open, etc. Thanks!

[@adressegrandbizarre852]

Can someone help me here? I just tried this but Siri doesn’t ask the entered prompt message. Instead I get a default “which option do you mean?” Do you have an idea why it’s not working the same way as in this video?

[@ShaneCreates]

Hey, thanks for watching. So unfortunately since the release of iOS 14 this year, some of the ways that the HomePod handles and responds to shortcuts has changed slightly. I've noticed this especially with the conversational type of shortcuts and using actions like "choose from menu." This is definitely something that I'd like to revisit on the channel and maybe make an updated video or two on in the near future. So stay tuned.

[@adressegrandbizarre852]

@@ShaneCreates Great! 'Cause I don't see a way to make it that much conversational with this "flawed" chooes from menu function. Maybe with the use of "show note/message".

[@Kgharney427]

When I select scripting choose from menu and add a prompt Siri does not say it. What’s up with that?

[@ShaneCreates]

Kevin, are you running the shortcut from a HomePod? In order for siri to say it out loud, you must run the shortcut using your voice.

[@Kgharney427]

Shane Whatley yes. When I run it on the iPad it works fine but with no voice. When I run it on the HomePod it only runs the scene but won’t ask questions and get responses.

[@Joshua-jv8oq]

If you set the alarm via Siri shortcut on the HomePod, will the HomePod ring in the morning? Or the iPad or iPhone?

[@ShaneCreates]

Great question. I’ve found that if the alarm is set via shortcuts on HomePod, and you specify the alarm by name that’s on your phone in the shortcut, the phone will ring the alarm in the morning.

[@Joshua-jv8oq]

Thanks!

[@martintspedersen]

When i download goodnight shortcut and change it to danish she is answering the clock time in english. And the goodnight at the end. She says: In your shortcut i written Godnight sleep tight. Can i edit that?

[@ShaneCreates]

Martin, you should be able to edit that at the end. Not sure about the language thing with the clock. Maybe try recreating that part yourself and see if it helps?

[@martintspedersen]

Shane Whatley Thanks i have tried just using danish I Think i have to learn to do it myself. She is just Reading the Text up. Thanks anyway👍🏻

[@marbendeleon3502]

With the good night set up, whenever i say no to the command, it doesn’t continue on to the next command.

[@ShaneCreates]

Are you running the shortcut on an iPhone/iPad? I've noticed the same issue lately when using siri to run the shortcut on iOS devices after a recent update. It still works fine for me when running it from the HomePod. It appears to be a bug in a recent iOS update. I recommend filing a bug report with apple.

[@marbendeleon3502]

Shane Whatley im using it with my iphone. Thanks for the info. Ill try some work around or until the new updates. Thanks again for the tips on this video. It helped a lot with my automations.

[@ShaneCreates]

@@marbendeleon3502 No problem. I recently tried doing the same thing a few different ways and each time I had the same result on my iPhone. It just stopped running the shortcut right there. Still works fine on the HomePod. If you find a working work-around, please share!

[@marbendeleon3502]

Shane Whatley i will. Thanks again for the great tips and how-to’s on shortcuts. 😁😁😁

[@cannaseven]

How can I make Siri play music from my HomePod in a short cut so if u say Siri party it plays a playlist changes my hue light and so on

[@ShaneCreates]

cannaseven just use “control *your* home” action when setting up your shortcut. You can select any of your HomeKit devices to control, including lights and HomePod. You’ll then be able to choose what music is played. This can also be done in standard HomeKit scenes and automations. For example, a simple Home scene could change the lights and play your party playlist on the HomePod.

[@Omar_Lopez]

Spectacular

[@ThePlasticStud1]

I downloaded your goodnight shortcut but when I say good night Siri just says goodnight. The shortcut doesn’t run.

[@ShaneCreates]

Just try changing the name of the shortcut to something more unique and see if that helps.

[@StevenWeinstein]

When you are setting your alarm what device does it set it on?

[@ShaneCreates]

If you build the shortcut and choose an alarm that is on your phone, it will set the alarm on your phone. Even if you run the shortcut from HomePod.

[@Macamodo]

When I try to choose an app all that comes up is ‘ask each time’ anyone know what’s wrong with my set up?

[@barisoktem731]

Same for me. Did you figure it out?