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Is it possible to write these in regular code? I am not a big fan of these visual tools. Seems they are quite clunky compared to code.
> The following automations cannot be run automatically: > Arrive > Before I Leave > Bluetooth > Leave > Time of Day > Wi-Fi Well that's disappointing. It isn't automation if you have to have a human involved.
Has anyone found any of these useful? I'm racking my brain for something that would benefit me, but nothing comes to mind... but I feel like I'm just lacking creativity here.
Shortcuts in general are nice, particularly now that they can be conversational. Hey Siri log... lets me easily log my weight, water and caffeine intake just by speaking. I already had shortcuts to do those through tapping, but the easier I can make things to do the more likely I'll do them. Another I have is "Hey Siri, heading home" which texts my wife my ETA and starts my last played podcast.
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I agree it's disappointing. Any interesting automation is basically impossible. I've also found the arrival and leave triggers to only work about half the time, which seems a lot worse than I would expect from Siri location-based reminders which work pretty well.
I have never gotten location based reminders to work. I've tried setting up reminders when I arrive or leave work / home, but they never fired. The worst thing is that there is no indication that tells you why it didn't work.
Oh wow! Can this finally solve the “play the first song in Music App when CarPlay is connected” issue?
I wrote an automation yesterday that simply says
When Connected to Carplay Media > Pause.
So far, it seems to do the trick. Doesn't require manual intervention.
Although I'm firmly in the iPhone camp for privacy and other reasons now, I miss the automation provided by Tasker and the Android OS.
I used to have many useful location + time based profiles. For instance, I had a profile for if I was at home and it was between 9pm and 7am, Do not disturb mode would be turned on (which still allowed 'emergency' calls) and i would switch to a dimmer screen brightness profile. If I was at work, my media volume would be put to 0, phone would change to vibrate, etc.
The point is, many repetitive tasks were easily automated on Android and it required ZERO interaction from my end. No shortcut button press or anything. Smart phones should make our lives easier.
> The following automations cannot be run automatically: > Arrive > Before I Leave > Bluetooth > Leave > Time of Day > Wi-Fi Well that's disappointing. It isn't automation if you have to have a human involved.
I agree with what you “mean to mean”, but surely by that definition a human being carrying a cellphone into a designated “Arrival” zone rules out that as being automation too?
We could go all the way up that chain till we get to the point that anything at all is not automated. But that seems ridiculous.
I started small. I have an automation that launches at 8 pm that does three things: * Sets dark mode * Sets reduce white point * Runs a shortcut I made asking me a few questions The questions are: 1. Will you get ready for bed? Sleep affects your next day. (I have to click yes/no) 2. Will you go brush your teeth after this? (The first step. I have to click yes/no) 3. It gives me a list of things I may want to do to w…