[Technology] Ifttt

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull

Aug 27, 2011

8,561

Brighton

• Nov 12, 2020

• #1

Here's one for the techno phoebes among us. IFTTT have gone from a free site to a pay site.
Who? you may ask. IFTTT, If This Then That, is an app that links things, in my case Hue lights, and if a certain criteria happens then something else happens.
It doesn't effect the normal usage of Alexa, but if you want your lights to flash when the ISS goes overhead, or turn yellow when it snows or blue if Brighton score a goal, then this is a must have app.
It's the end of the world, except I wont know as my lights aren't flashing.

 

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PeterOut

Well-known member

Aug 16, 2016

1,238

• Nov 12, 2020

• #2

It may be a bit old-school to you young hipster Alexa users, but have you tried entering "ifttt alternatives free alexa" into Google? Seems to be plenty of answers there.
I s'pose you could also try asking Alexa for any recommendations...

 

Sorrel

Well-known member

Jul 5, 2003

2,751

Back in East Sussex

• Nov 12, 2020

• #3

I like the way you can use it to set the heating and lighting to go up or down in time with the stock market. Causes no end of arguments in my house for some reason.

 

zeetha

Well-known member

Apr 11, 2011

1,315

• Nov 12, 2020

• #4

You can have 3 applets on the free account so as my wife and I both have accounts that covers what we've used it for so far. If the alternatives don't work you could try setting up more than one account?

 

studio150

Well-known member

Jul 30, 2011

29,636

On the Border

• Nov 12, 2020

• #5

How have I lived this long without such wonders.

It's the end of the world having to pay for something that 99.9% of the world can do without.

 

Klaas

I've changed this

Nov 1, 2017

2,567

• Nov 12, 2020

• #6

I remember the good times said:

Here's one for the techno phoebes among us.

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Very niche.

 

PILTDOWN MAN

Well-known member

NSC Patron

Sep 15, 2004

18,711

Hurst Green

• Nov 12, 2020

• #7

studio150 said:

How have I lived this long without such wonders.

It's the end of the world having to pay for something that 99.9% of the world can do without.

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But now you know about it how do you feel? Missing out or like me couldn’t give a ****