A few months after launching on iOS, IFTTT (If This Than That) finally launched its official Android app yesterday. Yes, it’s pretty late to the party but if that makes Android users feel any better, this app offers far more extensive integration with the OS in Android than what’s available in their iOS apps .
So today we are going to see all that the application has to offer and how effective the wait really is.
For those who just heard the name IFTTT for the first time today, here’s a brief introduction: IFTTT is a popular online service that allows you to create automated tasks based on triggers, tasks This will automatically be executed for you when the conditions are met.
We mentioned an article about the service. Make sure you have gone through and familiarized yourself before trying out the Android app.
Hot Tip: If you are an iOS IFTTT user, don’t forget to check out our article on 4 cool IFTTT photo app recipes.
IFTTT for Android
So start installing the IFTTT Android app from the Play Store. Once the app is installed on your device, it will perform initial configuration and automatically activate a number of channels for your account, including the following six new channels created specifically for Android:
- Android device channel
- Android location channel
- Android Notification Channel
- Android calling channel
- Android photo channel
- Android SMS Channel
The app’s home screen shows you a timeline view of your recent activity on the app. The app will also show you some trending and useful recipes on your followed channel that you can activate with a single tap.
Since the app has been in beta for a while, there are plenty of recipes available for you to activate. inside Browse the recipe you can see a list of all the features and trending formulas or even search for a feature using keywords. Now all you need to do is press the button Use the formula to enable it for your account.
To customize the recipe, you will have to navigate to my recipe section and tap the section you want to edit. Here you can modify the triggers and the final resulting actions to suit your needs.
Once you’ve edited the recipe, you can share it with the community so others can download and use it.
Create a personal recipe
If you want to create your own recipe for an automated task, open My Recipes section and click add button. Now select the trigger you want to use to call the formula. There are many channels available to choose from.
Finally, select the last action to be performed on completion of the action and save the task. And like any other IFTTT recipe, you can share it for others to follow.
Conclusion
So that’s pretty much everything there is to know about IFTTT for Android. There are many similar apps available for Android that automate trigger-based tasks for users, but one thing about IFTTT that makes it better than all of them is its huge user base. There are many useful recipes already available. So beginners hardly have to put in the effort to create it manually as most likely what you are looking for is already there.
Needless to say, we are going to dig deep into this Android application and learn more about interesting recipes that we can use effectively. So make sure you always follow this blog for more IFTTT for Android coming soon.
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