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MovingBox 2026.2.0 adds App Shortcuts and system search so common inventory tasks can begin outside the app.

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Find an Item with Visual Intelligence

On supported iOS 27 devices, you can use Siri Camera and Visual Intelligence to look up a photographed item in MovingBox. Point the camera at an item you have already added, choose the MovingBox result when it appears, and the app opens the matching inventory record. From there, you can review it or update its lifecycle status—for example, mark it Lent when it leaves your home or return it to Active when it comes back. Visual Intelligence matches the live camera view against photos already saved in your authorized MovingBox inventory. It does not use a text-label fallback, so a result requires a confident visual match. Archived items do not appear in results; active and lent items can.

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Availability and Permissions

  • This feature requires a compatible device running iOS 27 with Visual Intelligence available.
  • Open MovingBox once after installing or updating so the system can prepare its inventory index.
  • Visual Intelligence respects the homes and inventory data that MovingBox has authorized for the current user. If you turn off relevant Siri and Spotlight visibility settings, fewer item details may be available to system features.
  • Camera, Siri, and Visual Intelligence permissions are managed by iOS. If MovingBox does not appear as a result, confirm the relevant permissions and system features are enabled in iOS Settings, then open MovingBox again.
Visual matching works best when the current camera view resembles a clear item photo already in your inventory. If no result appears, use Find Items in Siri, Shortcuts, or MovingBox search instead.

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Available App Shortcuts

  • Add from Camera — Start item capture with the camera.
  • Add Item — Begin a new inventory item.
  • Find Items — Search the inventory using Siri or Shortcuts.
  • Scan Box QR — Open the Box QR scanner.
  • Add from Photo — Choose an existing photo for a new item.
  • Open Item — Choose and open an inventory item.
  • Show All Inventory — Open the inventory across homes.
  • Export Archive — Create a portable MovingBox inventory archive.

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Use a Shortcut

Open Apple’s Shortcuts app, search for MovingBox, and add an action to a shortcut. MovingBox’s suggested actions may also appear in Spotlight, Siri suggestions, the Action button, widgets, or other places where iOS supports App Shortcuts. You can also ask Siri using the title of an available action, such as “Find items in MovingBox” or “Scan a box QR code in MovingBox.”
Siri may ask you to choose an item or provide a search term before opening MovingBox.

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Find Items in Spotlight

MovingBox can make inventory items available to Spotlight. Search by item name, then select a result to open it in MovingBox.

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Control System Visibility

Go to Settings → Siri and Spotlight in MovingBox to control whether item photos can appear in Spotlight, whether descriptions, notes, and serial numbers can help Siri and Shortcuts find an item, and whether Siri and Shortcuts can summarize recorded inventory and replacement values.

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Troubleshooting

If MovingBox actions or results do not appear:
  1. Open MovingBox once after installing or updating.
  2. Confirm Siri and Search are enabled for MovingBox in iOS Settings.
  3. Confirm the relevant options under MovingBox’s Siri and Spotlight settings.
  4. Create or edit an item, then allow iOS time to refresh its index.
  5. Restart MovingBox and Shortcuts if an older action list remains cached.