Category: Entertainment
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Set DND when playing Plex from phone
We’ve all been there before. You’re settled in to watch the next episode of your current binge show and people are messaging you? Get rid of those pesky annoyances by using this shortcut that sets your Focus to “Do Not Disturb” whenever you open Plex. It won’t stop people from dropping by and checking in […]
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Shazam a song and add it to your preferred music player
We love Shazam and it’s always been great to identify songs. But then when it came to adding the song to our preferred streaming music service it always came in lacking. This is where Shortcuts comes to the rescue. While it’s a bit of a fiddly Shortcut be patient with it whilst also allowing the […]
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Get Plex Content Updates to an iOS Widget
Plex has become a central place where many manage their streaming and video content. This widget displays the latest content that has been added to your library. It displays the title, season and episode number (if the video content is a TV show episode). Enjoy watching your video and remember to AutomateOn! Copy Automation
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Add a song to a specific playlist in Spotify with Google Assistant
One of our first automations. Using IFTTT, you can ask Google to add a specific song to be added to a pre-determined playlist. Voice command is currently structured as “Hey Google, add [song name] by [artist] to my spotify playlist”. And voila, it’s added. A great way to add tracks to a “Favourites” playlist as […]
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Read out the latest news stories from your favourite source
When you need that quick dose of knowing what’s going on in the world. Favourite your preferred news source in Google News and Siri will read out the latest headlines from that source. And now back to the News and as always AutomateOn! Copy Automation
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Create an iPhone notification with links to all your daily games like Wordle, Worldle & Framed
Get a notification that gives you the links to all your favourite daily games daily games or apps like Wordle, Solitaire and Framed
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An hour before a Movie or TV night is scheduled in your calendar get a notification to order food
Get a reminder to order food before your scheduled movie/TV night in
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Tell Siri to order your regular saved meal from Maccas
Automatically add a saved order into the Maccas app. Ready to proceed with payment
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Spotify rolls out its own hands-free voice assistant on iOS and Android
It’s great to see another player beyond the Apple/Google/Samsung consumer electronic hegemony launch a niche hardware product. We hope they gain the momentum to roll this device out to other markets beyond the US. https://www.engadget.com/spotify-hands-free-voice-assistant-ios-and-android-164319818.html
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Amazon adds social sharing feature to Prime Video US customers
Amazon try to keep with the party by adding Watch Party to their Prime Video service.