IFTTT has since been considered an important part of our geeky, digital and mobile lives. Many people find the service useful because it has allowed them to automate simple services once another task is done. The idea is for web services to do something or trigger another by certain changes recently made. An app or service follows “recipes” or statements for automation. This allows more productivity as some steps are eliminated from the process.
For example, you post something on your Facebook wall. This can trigger other web service like Twitter or Pinterest to post the same item. If you take a photo on Instagram, your phone can automatically save the image on your Google Drive or send to your Gmail for backup.
In case you didn’t know, IFTTT stands for “If This Then That”. The service has been integrated by other companies already like Microsoft, Google, LG, or Misfit. The web service was recently updated to accommodate more partners. This means more apps can work with IFTTT as the team behind it has allowed developers to add IFTTT into their apps.
More IFTTT Recipes can be activated directly from certain apps. The change allows a more native, seamless, and intuitive experience as you don’t have to switch apps just to set the Recipes. IFTTT becomes more accessible than ever as you can easily see if a Recipe can be activated. Some apps now IFTTT-ready are as follows: Ring Video Doorbell, Qapital, Foobot, Automatic, Garageio Blackbox, Emberlight, Abode, Awair, Bloomsky, Roger, Skybell, and Stack Lighting.
That’s about a dozen new apps so get ready to keep an eye on your home more closely with the ‘Ring Video Doorbell’, monitor and control air quality at home, send data from the car to your phone with ‘Automatic’, or control garage doors from anywhere with the Garageio Blackbox.
That’s just some of the things you can do with the IFTTT integration. Expect more apps to use the platform and start building better IFTTT experiences for everyone. Recipes can now be easily incorporated but we know the devs won’t stop in bringing the service to more users, brands, services, and other developers.
SOURCE: IFTTT Blog
