IFTTT update: Hear even more with Oticon + IFTTT

What if your hearing aids could let you participate more fully in life? Imagine being able to receive alerts, set listening programs, stream television audio, and more via your hearing aids. How differently would you hear the world around you?

The Oticon Opn hearing aids are the world’s first hearing aids to use internet connectivity to send spoken notifications and alerts straight to users’ hearing aids. Thanks to Oticon Applets, connecting your Opn hearing aids to phones, TVs, and other applications is easier than ever.

Stay on alert

One of the best features of Oticon + IFTTT is the ability to receive spoken in-ear alerts from your smart home devices such as Ring doorbell, August Home smart lock, and more. Expecting dinner party guests or an Amazon package? Let IFTTT serve as your personal butler and tell you when they’ve arrived. Plus, notifications that let you know when your laundry is done or your iRobot has finished cleaning make household chores a breeze.

Keep informed

Do you want to stay up-to-date without being tethered to your cell phone? IFTTT can help connect your Oticon Opn hearing aids to the latest news, weather, and more. These Applets deliver the information you want straight to your ear — whether it’s the final score for your favorite team, whenever you receive a new email, or today’s pollen count.

You're in charge

Have you ever needed to change your hearing aid program, but didn't have a hand free? IFTTT can help you control your settings without lifting a finger — all you have to do is ask. These Applets let you connect your Oticon Opn to your voice assistant. 

Sometimes you need a reminder when life gets crazy. With Oticon’s nifty low battery notification Applets, you’ll never have a hearing aid die unexpectedly again. Choose from a spoken in-ear alert, mobile notification, or email. It’s one less thing to worry about while you’re out and about. 

Explore more

There are so many ways Oticon + IFTTT can change how you hear the world around you. Get rolling with these, then check out what else Oticon Applets can do for you.

Want to see your own brand and service on IFTTT? Visit the IFTTT Platform to learn how to build and get started. 

IFTTT update: Journal daily with Day One + IFTTT

What if you could digitally log your life in one app? Those cute things your kids do. Your dream-worthy Instagram vacation pics. The never-ending to-do lists. You know, all the important things you just don’t have time to write down.

Meet Day One. It combines a beautifully designed daily log, activity log, and more in a journaling app to capture life moments. Day One integrated with IFTTT to help you quickly store memories and fleeting ideas together. It’s a personal journal and repository for your private data and innermost thoughts. Even non-writers will enjoy the brevity of digital journaling.

Essentially, it’s a digital scrapbook, journal, and storage gem.

With Day One and IFTTT together, you’ll rest easy knowing your ongoing to-do list is somewhere safe. Day One Applets save your favorite content such as Tweets, Google Calendar events, tagged Facebook photos, your location, Fitbit summaries, and more.

Forget your bookmarks tab. Get ready to journal everything.

Save the day

Day One lets you capture every moment as you live it — whether it’s your son’s baseball game or your favorite Tweets.  

With Applets, you don’t have to scroll through thousands of pics to find the baseball team’s celebratory happy dance. Create a photo log and store it. It’s easy like Sunday mornings.  

Don’t run from rain clouds

Need to prep for your morning run? These Applets help you decide when to lace up those sneakers. Follow the weather’s forecast every day — allowing you to focus on your run without dodging raindrops. Training for a marathon? Log your run times to track your best time.  

Take note

Stop worrying about losing paper to-do lists. Create a tag for your list, and search for it later when needed. Goodbye paper piles.

Keep in touch

Applets can help bring the information that is important to you, from all your favorite sources, to your digital journal. These are just a few ways to keep your life organized digitally using Day One and IFTTT. Keep your eye on the latest Day One Applets to get the most out of your journal.

Interested in seeing your own service on IFTTT? Visit the IFTTT Platform to learn how to build and get started.

Why Google Photos is shit!

After happily using google photos for the free backup storage for many years all recent updates to the apps have caused no end of problems.

1. Uploads using the free option have now started using up storage limits for no reason - maybe this is a good ploy to force people to purchase storage.
2. The desktop app is forever syncing and when it starts again causes multiple duplicate photos
3. There is no way to identify duplicate photos online
4. Woke up today to find that photos older than a year or two are now in the bin!
5. You can only restore 1500 photos at a time! - SERIOUSLY!

If you want to backup your photos use local storage first and then use cloud storage as an offsite backup to that instead.

Any stay the hell away from Google Photos as it is far from reliable!

IFTTT update: Window shades, finance tools, home security, & more — new on IFTTT

Summer has been sizzling at IFTTT HQ, but we aren’t just talking about 🌭 and 🏖. In between tanning sessions, we’ve been working with exceptional companies and products to bring you new services and Applets that keep you connected to all your favorite tech. So, take a look at the latest and let us know what you think.
 

So bright you gotta wear shades

Both Automate Shades and Connector Applets give you better control over the internet connected shades in your home, so you can lower them to block out the heat of the day or raise them to enjoy the sunset, all without leaving the comfort of your couch. 

Working hard for the money

Whether you’re saving up for a last-minute beach vacation or something a bit closer to home, check out ING Australia and Monzo’s new tools to help you meet your finance goals.

There’s no place like home

So let’s keep it safe and secure while you’re out of town! M2M Services and LifeShield Applets provide peace of mind while you’re away, so you can focus on the important things. Like getting more umbrella drinks.

For some of us, there’s nothing quite like sleeping in your own bed after a big adventure. For others? Adjusting to life after vacation can be a bit of a bummer 😑.  Either way, we have you covered. Hive View’s indoor video monitoring kept you up-to-date on the hijinks your pets (or teenagers!) got up to while you were away, so there should be no big surprises. And new Applets from Sengled, MicroBot Push, MicroBot Sense, VeSync, and MobiLinc will help you get your home’s temperature, lighting, music, and more dialed in so reentry is as painless as possible.

Keep in touch

That’s a wrap for now! Let us know what you think of these new tools. Or, if you’d like to be notified ASAP whenever something new is published, use the Applets below to receive notifications. 

Want to see your own brand and service on IFTTT? Visit the IFTTT Platform to learn how to build and get started. 

IFTTT update: IFTTT + Wyze Cam = connected home security for all

Using smart cameras for home security is a popular topic here at IFTTT, but we realize that outfitting a whole house with cameras can be an expensive prospect. This is why Wyze’s new integration on IFTTT is so exciting.

This WiFi-enabled camera is a total steal. It only costs $20. $30 if you want the fancy new version with panning functionality. It shoots 1080p HD, and features night vision, two-way audio, and free 14-day cloud storage for your alert videos. Best of all? It has built-in smoke and CO detection, which is a first for connected cameras on IFTTT.  

Once you have your Wyze cameras in place, we’ll help you arm and disarm motion sensing, manage your alerts and saved videos, and more. So, let’s make sure you’re capturing video where you want it, when you want it, whether you’re using Wyze for security or creating a cool time-lapse video of your construction project!
 

Motion detection

Some people stick to the same schedule most days: leave for work at 8AM, get home at 6PM, in bed no later than 10:34PM every night. Others have a more, shall we say, fluid sense of time and space. Whether you run a tight ship or prefer flying by the seat of your pants, you can now automate when Wyze starts looking for movement in your home.

Notifications or nah?

If you have a new kitten or puppy at home, you might want to know every time it ventures into the kitchen. Who knows when the cuteness (or destruction) is going to strike, right? But at the same time you might not want to get a text every time your teenager is in there looking for a snack. These Applets control when and how you get notifications, so you stay connected without getting overwhelmed.

Keep your home safe

From alerting the fire department when the smoke detector goes off to saving regularly-scheduled videos for later review, you can keep an eye on your home from afar with minimal effort.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Wyze and IFTTT, so we’re excited to see how you put us to work!  Watch this space for more Applets as they are published, and if you’re ready to create your own, get started here.

Interested in seeing your own service on IFTTT? Visit the IFTTT Platform to learn how to build and get started.