Hear today’s step count.
An iPhone shortcut that reads your recorded steps aloud.
Create this in Apple’s Shortcuts app. It reads step samples from Health and speaks the total from one chosen device, so records from your phone and watch aren’t added together.
Build the shortcut.
- Open Shortcuts, tap +, and name the shortcut My steps today.
- Add Find Health Samples. Set Type to Steps and Start Date to is today. Add a Source filter and choose your iPhone, or your Apple Watch if that is what you usually wear. Leave Limit off.
- Add Get Details of Health Samples and choose Value for the samples found above.
- Add Calculate Statistics, choose Sum, and use those values as its input.
- Add a Text action. Type “You have recorded [total] steps today.” Replace [total] by inserting the output of Calculate Statistics as a variable.
- Add Speak Text and use the Text action as its input.
- Run the shortcut and allow access to your step data when asked. Make sure your audio volume is audible.
Use it hands-free.
Say “Siri, My steps today,” or run it from the Shortcuts app.
Check it once.
Compare the result with the chosen device’s entries under Steps in Health. A single-device count can differ from Health’s combined daily total, and recently recorded steps can take time to appear. If no samples are found, check the date, chosen source and Health permissions.
Action names and available filters can vary by iOS version. This guide has not yet been checked on a physical iPhone.