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IFTTT: Connect Gmail to Google Calendar, Alexa to Blogger, and even Google Calendar to Contacts!

 Now, you may want to connect your devices to each other. Like your smart home to your email to get an email when it is turned on and off! So, before you build a new app, there is already an app for what you want to do. That app is called IFTTT! So, to get started, go to IFTTT and create an account. And then, create a new applet! Now, select what you want to trigger your applet. You could use an Alexa command, sending an email, or even creating a new Google Contact! Now, you need to choose what happens. You could send a notification to your iPad or Fire Tablet, create a new Google Contact, or even create a Google Calendar event! This is the example I will do.

A screenshot of IFTTT showing if you say a specific phrase to your Alexa, create a new Google Contact.









Now, before you can use some services (like Alexa and Contacts), you need to link your account. Just log in and allow IFTTT to access your account! After you are done choosing your options, click on Continue. You can receive notifications when it runs. After that, click on Finish. Your applet is now ready! Now, there are 2 kinds of applets you can use. The kind of applet depends on the service. Now, to see this, go to the applet's page, and scroll down. This is what a Realtime applet looks like.




This is what a polling applet looks like.




So, to check if your favorite services are on IFTTT, go to https://ifttt.com/services.
There is IFTTT Pro, which you should get if you want more than 3 applets.

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  1. TechyTommyApril 15, 2022 at 7:47 AM

    Update: The free version of IFTTT now does up to 5 applets.

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