AUTOMATION APPS FOR ANDROID 2016 HOW TO
If you’re looking for something more powerful than Workflow on iOS, but don’t mind taking the time to learn how to use it, Alloy might be the one to look at. It’s a little bit easier to get into than Tasker since it’s a little bit more user-friendly but you will still need to dedicate some time to learning it before you get the hang of it. It’s similar to Workflow in that it displays actions as flowcharts, but much like Tasker, there are hundreds of conditions you can create using most of the settings, sensors and apps on your phone. These are more useful for single actions you carry out sometimes but not often enough to make it automatic.Įven if you don’t know where to start, there are enough ready made ‘recipes’ on the service to get you started, and it’s linked up to enough popular apps for you to find it useful.Īutomate is best described as a cross between Workflow and Tasker. The other app is DO, a collection of three apps dedicated to a general task, a note-taking task and a camera task. This allows you to automate tasks when they happen, either automatically or by completing an action.
The first one is IF which is the general task app. The most accessible of the apps listed here, If This Then That (IFTTT) is broken up into two main apps. However, what you can do with it is more limited compared to the apps on Android. The ease of use means that anyone can string together actions in moments but if you don’t feel up to it, there are enough suggestions in Gallery to get you started. As well as pinning actions to the home screen, widget support means you can carry out actions without going into the app itself. Once you get the hang of it, there’s an impressive amount of customisation available.Ī more recent addition to the automation game, Workflow takes the form of a linear flowchart, designed to make automating tasks easy. It’s not one for beginners since it takes a bit of time to get to grips with, but it’s one of the more versatile automation apps out there. One that’s been available for Android for quite a while, Tasker is still one of the best versions out there giving you an unprecedented level of control over your phone. Below are a few apps that will help you get started.Īn example of how automation works through IFTTT, one of the apps available. Many of them allow you to save shortcuts on the home screen for easy access and some like Do Button are dedicated to that one purpose. If you’re stuck for examples, the apps below offer a number of different examples, directly or otherwise. There is more scope for creativity here, and the above is just a small taster of what you can do. To give a quick example, for Tasker (one of the apps below), you could set up your phone so the screen dims anytime you open up a music app, or save a photo to Dropbox as soon as you take one, or to email yourself articles you’ve liked on Twitter. Input is the action that you (or your phone) carry out while result is the new action that happens.
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