• Step 1: Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone
• Step 2: Tap on ‘Automation’ at the bottom of your screen.
• Step 3: Tap on the ‘+’ in the top-right corner to start creating a new automation.
• Step 4: Next tap on ‘Create Personal Automation’ which is ideal for what we need.
• Step 5: You’re going to have to tap on CarPlay if your vehicle has CarPlay, or if not simply scroll down and tap on Bluetooth.
• Step 6: If you’re using the CarPlay option, make sure ‘Connects’ is selected.
• Step 7: If you’ve using the Bluetooth option, select which Bluetooth device this automation applies to, which for our example is your car. It should be the same device you connect with to play music. To do this, tap on the ‘Choose button’ next to ‘Device’ to open the list of Bluetooth devices that have been previously paired with your iPhone. Finally, tap on the name of your vehicle’s in-car Bluetooth system, and don’t forget to press Done after!
• Step 8: Once you’ve confirmed the settings for your device, tap on ‘Next’. Then, tap the ‘Add Action’ button.
• Step 9: Once you’ve set up which device to use, it’s time to set up the music. To do this, Search for the apps and actions field and type “Music.” Then, tap on the blue plus button just to the right of Play Music. This will add a Play (Music) action to your shortcut.
• Step 10: Now we need to add the music, to do so. tap the Music placeholder to select what you would like to play.
• Step 11: Now depending on what you want to play, tap the Artists, Song, Lyrics, and More fields to search for a specific entry, or browse using the options section. As an example, it’s possible to tap ‘Library’ to browse your personal music for any playlist, artist, or album, or simply press ‘Browse’ to search through the Apple Music range.

You can also select an entire album, artist, or playlist by tapping the ‘+’ in the top-right corner.

*Note, You can also explore the Radio section to choose a specific Apple Music radio station to play each time instead, which is a great option if you want a bit of variety.

• Step 12: Once you’ve selected a song, album, artist, playlist, or radio station, you’ll be returned to the Actions screen. From there, tap the right-pointing arrow beside the name of your selected music, this will show you the playback options.
• Step 13: You’re able to choose whether to shuffle, or repeat the playlist when you get into your car. To do so, simply tap on the option you’d prefer. When you’re happy with your choices, tap ‘Next’ in the top-right corner.
• Step 14: An important step you don’t want to miss is to make sure you tap the switch beside ‘Ask Before Running’ to toggle it off. As this setting stops it asking if you would like to run the shortcut each time – defeating the point of us creating this.

Ensure you tap ‘Don’t Ask’ to confirm this choice.

Final step: To finish up your Shortcut, simply tap ‘Done’ In the top-right corner to save the new automation.