Apple Inc.

Ian J McDowell

Jay Moon

Ari Weinstein

Conrad B Kramer

Ayaka Nonaka

Charles B Etzel

Elizabeth Elsa Perakis

Daniel Sean Hsu

Nicholas Christian Frey

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process for performing a task includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, determining whether a shortcut criteria is met and in accordance with a determination that the shortcut criteria is met: displaying a first affordance corresponding to a first task of a shortcut over a user interface, determining whether the first task can be completed without displaying an application interface corresponding to the first task, in accordance with a determination that the first task can be completed without displaying the application interface, performing the first task while displaying the first affordance, and in accordance with a determination that the first task cannot be completed without displaying the application interface, displaying the application interface, and completing the first task using the application interface.

Task shortcut user interface

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Ian J McDowell