Google Assistant is offering a rough equivalent to Siri Shortcuts that speed up access to common actions on Android, although they’re not quite as robust.
Google Assistant has routines to help you automate multiple actions, but do you miss the days of simple shortcuts? They appear to be coming back. Android Police has noticed that Google is quietly bringing back Assistant shortcuts in Android, albeit not in the way you might remember. They’re rough parallels to Apple’s Siri Shortcuts that open specific sections of a given app on your Android device. You can tell Assistant to start a new Instagram post, update your WhatsApp photo, or check your direct messages in Twitter.
