IFTTT, short for ‘If This Then That’, is a powerful automation service that allows you create automation recipes for various services using a Trigger (this) and an Action (that). IFTTT has launched an iPhone app to bring their popular automation service to the iPhone…
Service such as Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, as well as devices like Belkin WeMo are known as ‘Channels’ and there are different Triggers and actions associated to all these channels.
IFTTT app for iPhone lets you create and use recipes around things you do while on the move such as taking photos, adding new photos, completing reminders etc. There are three new channels specific to the iPhone: Contacts, Photos and Reminders. Developers aim to add more channels in the future.
If you still could not get the point of this service, imagine you wanted the daily weather forecast sent to you as text message. You could set up an IFTTT recipe to do this automatically. The video below is a nice overview of the service…
IFTTT is available for download in the app store for free. [iTunes Link]
