# Set up iPhone text forwarding with one tap on iOS 27 > On iOS 27 Fwrd hands you a ready-made shortcut, so automatic text forwarding takes a few taps. Here is how setup goes, and what iOS 26 still needs. Last updated: 2026-10-24 Canonical HTML page: https://www.fwrdsms.com/blog/one-tap-iphone-text-forwarding-setup Published: 2026-10-24 On iOS 27, you can set up automatic text forwarding in a few taps. Fwrd gives you a ready-made shortcut that already holds the Message trigger and Fwrd’s forwarding action, so you only pick where texts go, add the shortcut, and switch it on. iOS 26 can’t share automations, so there the setup stays step by step. **What you need:** an iPhone on iOS 27, the Shortcuts app (already on your phone), [Fwrd](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6759069713?pt=128544281&ct=blog-one-tap&mt=8), and somewhere to send texts, such as a Slack or Discord channel, an email address or another phone number. ## How do you set up iPhone text forwarding with one tap? You do it inside Fwrd’s setup, right after the intro pages. Each step is one screen. 1. **Install Fwrd and open it.** Swipe through the intro pages. Fwrd has no account to create, and your texts are processed on the iPhone. 2. **Pick where your texts go.** Choose one of eight destinations: Email, another phone or iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, or your own webhook. Fill in its form, for example a webhook link, an email address or a number, and continue. 3. **Choose which texts to forward.** Pick every text, texts with a word in them (such as code), or texts from one sender. This choice lives in Fwrd, so you can change it later in Fwrd’s Settings without touching the shortcut. Picking one sender works for short codes and banks too, which Apple’s own sender picker can’t pick. 4. **Add the shortcut.** Tap Get Shortcut. Apple’s Shortcuts app opens its own Add Shortcut sheet, named Fwrd (or Fwrd Codes if you chose the word code). Tap Add Shortcut. When you come back to Fwrd, it moves on by itself. 5. **Switch it on.** Apple delivers shared automations switched off, on purpose. Fwrd opens the shortcut for you. Tap Edit, then turn on its Automation switch. 6. **Answer Shortcuts’ two questions.** Fwrd runs the shortcut once with a sample text, and Shortcuts asks for permission: tap Allow, then Always Allow. Fwrd then shows which destinations got the text. This uses one of your free forwards. 7. **That’s it.** New texts that match now go to your destination on their own, with the iPhone unlocked or locked. If iOS closes Fwrd while you’re in Shortcuts, opening Fwrd again picks up at the same step. Tap Later on any step and the checklist on Fwrd’s dashboard brings you back to it. ## What changes for Email, another phone and WhatsApp? Nothing extra for you. These three get their own ready-made shortcut, named Fwrd to Email, Fwrd to Phone or Fwrd to WhatsApp. It sends to the address or number you already typed into Fwrd, with nothing to edit. Apple’s own Send Email and Send Message actions, or WhatsApp’s own Send Message action, still do the actual sending, as on every Fwrd setup. ## Is the shared shortcut safe to switch on? You can see for yourself before you turn it on. Open the shortcut in Shortcuts and read every step. - It contains only the Message trigger and Fwrd’s action, plus the send action for Email, Phone and WhatsApp. - Apple signs it, and it carries no name or email address from whoever shared it. Shortcuts’ own sheet shows Can Run When Locked. - No Fwrd server sits in the middle. Texts go from your iPhone to your own destinations. - If Shortcuts runs the automation twice for one text, Fwrd skips a repeat of the same text to the same destination within 15 seconds. It keeps only a fingerprint of the text, never the text. ## What does Fwrd give you once it’s on? Eight destinations, filters, and 15 free forwards a month, with no account. - Eight destinations, with filters on all eight: words you choose, verification codes, or time of day. - Fifteen free forwards a month. A text counts once however many places it goes. Fwrd Pro removes the cap for $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US (as of 2026-10-24). - No account, and your texts are processed on the iPhone. ## What one-tap setup can’t do - **It can’t work on iOS 26.** iOS 26 has no shared automations, so Fwrd can’t hand you a ready-made one there. Follow [the automation guide](https://www.fwrdsms.com/guides/automation), which covers iOS 26 and iOS 27 step by step. - **It can’t switch itself on.** Apple delivers shared automations switched off, so you tap Edit and turn on the Automation switch yourself. - **It can’t read your texts without Shortcuts.** iOS doesn’t allow that. The automation is what hands each text to Fwrd. - **The phone has to stay on and online.** Chat destinations need internet when the text arrives. After a restart, unlock the iPhone once so forwarding can resume. - **Only new matching texts go.** Texts that arrived before setup aren’t sent, and pictures don’t forward. ## Questions people ask about one-tap setup ### Does one-tap setup work on iOS 26? No. iOS 26 doesn’t have shared automations, so setup there stays step by step. [The automation guide](https://www.fwrdsms.com/guides/automation) walks through both iOS 26 and iOS 27. ### Can I change which texts get forwarded later? Yes. The choice between every text, a word or one sender lives in Fwrd, not in the shortcut. Change it any time in Fwrd’s Settings and the shortcut keeps working as it is. ### Why do I have to switch the automation on myself? Apple delivers shared automations switched off, so nobody can start forwarding your texts without you. Fwrd opens the shortcut, and you tap Edit and turn on its Automation switch. ### Does it cost anything? Fwrd is free for 15 forwards a month, and the first run with the sample text uses one. Fwrd Pro removes the limit for $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US, as of 2026-10-24. ## Keep reading - [How iPhone Shortcuts message automations work](https://www.fwrdsms.com/blog/iphone-shortcuts-message-automation) - [Forward iPhone texts to Slack: setup guide](https://www.fwrdsms.com/guides/slack)