Shortcuts app has chatbot-like Apple Intelligence powers in iOS 26

Apple Intelligence doesn’t (yet) offer an official chatbot mode, but in iOS 26 Apple will let power users get a chatbot-style experience via the Shortcuts app. Here’s how it works.

New Shortcuts feature gives you chatbot-like responses from Apple Intelligence

iOS 26 has a new feature in the Shortcuts app that lets you tap directly into Apple Intelligence’s LLMs with any custom query.

One surprise benefit of this feature, as highlighted by AppleInsider, is that Shortcuts’…