IFTTT finally releases an Android app

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Published 24 Apr 2014

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If you are a tech nerd, chances are you must have heard about IFTTT. The handy service allows users to automate certain tasks by using the If This Then That (IFTTT, get it?) logic. While the iOS app was released quite a few months back, Android users were ignored and told to wait patiently. Today, IFTTT is finally ready to release its beautifully designed app on the Play Store for all the various Android-powered smartphones and tablets out there.

The app will allow seasonal IFTTT users to manage their existing recipes while also creating new ones. The triggers, however, are not limited only to some internet related services. The Android app will allow users to setup phone related triggers as well like when a new SMS comes in, your phone joins a new Wi-Fi network, you take a screenshot and much more.

Using these triggers, you can allow IFTTT to automate certain day to day tasks without any hassle. For example, you can automatically trigger an IFTTT recipe that checks you in at Foursquare when your phone connects to the Wi-Fi network at your workplace. In a nutshell, think of IFTTT as a lighter and less powerful, albeit less daunting too, version of Tasker.

The app is not yet live on the Play Store but should be available within a couple of hours over at this link.