Category: Home Automation
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Display a widget of upcoming food items set to expire
Pardon us tooting our own horn but this automation utilises one of the main features in our own AutomateOn app. We couldn’t find a great app that helped to manage food items so we decided to build it into our own app! As you manage your food items in the app this widget will show […]
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Reorder milk from Woolies when close to expiry date
Shortcut is set up to reorder a 2 litre Woolworths-brand Lite Milk but of course feel free to tweak this as you need. Pair this up with a Pushcut notification that reminds you when your milk is close to its expiry date and can lead you straight to the Shortcut. Smart right? Eat and drink […]
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Find your Chipolo-tagged keys with Siri Shortcut
Ever since humans have had keys we’ve misplaced them. And ever since we’ve had consumer tech we’ve tried to solve this problem. If you’ve added this Chipolo tag to your keychain you can use this Siri Shortcut to find them. Good luck finding your keys and always remember to AutomateOn! Copy Automation
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When heading home set the living room AC to desired temp
Setting temperatures in rooms is typically one of the first things that people automate in their smart home. Take it to the next level by pre-cooling or pre-heating your room before you arrive back home. Use geo-location triggers or calendar timings. Get comfortable in your own space and remember to AutomateOn! Copy Automation
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Show the front door video stream when iPhone hears the doorbell
This automation utilises a combination of platforms. Starting when the iPhone’s sound detection recognises the doorbell ring a Personal Automation will start that uses Google Assistant to stream the Arlo video stream to a screen you specify. Sound confusing? That’s why you can copy the Shortcut 🙂 Feel safer at home and always remember to […]
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Turn on all sound recognition when arriving home
We love the iPhone’s capability of detecting sounds. It triggers a lot of automations for us at home. But pretty much all the automations that we’ve based on the feature are specifically for when we’re at home. It’s amazing when you leave the sound detection after you leave the house how many things sound like […]
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Hear glass breaking, start vaccuuming
If a glass breaks, does anyone hear it? Set this automation up so your robo-vaccum hears it.
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Ask Google to open/close your Zimi-connected garage door
Ask Google to open/close your Zimi-connected garage door
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Add an item to you shopping list project on Todoist with Google
One easy way to keep track of your shopping list is to create it as a project in your Todoist and automate with Google Assistant and IFTTT. Use IFTTT and set up your trigger words (mine is “Add to my shopping list”) when asking Google Assistant. The task will be added to your shopping list […]
