iOS Shortcuts App and Alarm

NTS is available on the Shortcuts app for iOS, allowing you to set up shortcuts on your Home screen or Control Centre to play live channels 1 and 2. With Shortcuts, you can also play live channels using Siri or wake up to NTS by setting an automation.

The instructions below have been written for iOS 18+. Please check Apple’s Shortcuts documentation for older versions as instructions may differ.  

Set up NTS Shortcuts

1. Open the Shortcuts app

2. Tap the + icon in the top right corner to create a new shortcut

3. Search for ‘NTS’

4. Select ‘Play NTS Live 1’ or ‘Play NTS Live 2’

5. You can now use this shortcut anywhere it’s available including Siri!

Add to Home Screen

1. Open the Shortcuts app

2. Long press your NTS shortcut to open up options, and select ‘Edit’

3. Tap the down arrow next to the shortcut name to see more options

4. Select ‘Add to Home Screen’ and follow the prompts to customise your shortcut

5. Once added, your shortcut will appear on the Home screen and you can use it to quickly play and pause your selected live channel

Add to Control Centre

1. Open the Control Centre

2. Tap the + icon in the top left corner

3. Tap ‘Add a Control’ at the bottom of your screen

4. Search for ‘Shortcuts’ and select the ‘Shortcut’ button

5. Tap ‘Choose’ and then select your NTS shortcut

6. Now you can play NTS directly from your Control Centre

NTS Alarm

1. Open the Shortcuts app

2. Go to the Automation tab

3. Tap ‘New Automation’

4. Under Personal Automation, tap ‘Alarm’

5. Make sure 'Is Stopped' is ticked, and then select the alarm you want NTS to start playing after

6. Make sure ‘Run Immediately’ is ticked

7. Select your NTS shortcut from the next screen

8. Now NTS will automatically play after you turn off your alarm in the morning!
   
   Note: you can play NTS instead of your alarm sound by selecting ‘Goes Off’ instead of ‘Is Stopped’ in step 5, however this automatically stops your alarm in the morning and disables snooze functionality.