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Last week, we showed you how to add quick-launch shortcuts to the iPhone home screen. Now, an app called App Switcher adds similar capabilities to the Notification Center in iOS. App Switcher costs $1 ...

Apple isn't first in line when it comes to introducing the most exciting of features — but when it does, it gets them exceptionally right. Launched alongside iOS 12, the Shortcuts app has quickly ...

After removing in 2022 and restoring for some users last year, Pixel Launcher search is finally letting you quickly open apps again.

At WWDC 2025, Apple showed off a new AI-powered Shortcuts app. The company says Shortcuts can now tap into Apple Intelligence directly, and developers will be able to access Apple’s on-device large ...

Google has rolled out a long-missing Pixel Launcher shortcut that lets users open apps instantly from the search bar using ...

Google could offer users a new selection of shortcuts under the Search bar in a future release of the Google app. We’ve spotted an early version of the revamped UI with three instead of four shortcuts ...

Instead of a homescreen widget, you can now launch Google Play Collections using an app shortcut. Update 2/24: The Collections app shortcut is widely rolling out today with version 45.0.21 of Google ...