¶ Be My Guest

I’ve recently been exploring the power of Shortcuts, including trying to create some of my own. Most of them, so far, have been to help me automate specific tasks at work. But I did make one that has been useful recently as the pandemic has had much less of an impact on my local community as of late.

I call it Be My Guest, and it does a simple thing well: it displays a QR code containing your guest Wi-Fi info. It works with iOS and Android devices to help visitors join your guest Wi-Fi near instantly.

Upon installing the shortcut, you will be asked for your guest network’s SSID and password. Then, you can simply say, “Hey Siri, be my guest” and the QR code will pop up. Best of all, this works on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and even watchOS.

My favorite way to use this shortcut has been with the Apple Watch. My guest can scan the code straight from my wrist, and be connected to the guest network.

I hope you enjoy this shortcut. Let me know on Twitter Mastodon if you have any feedback.