Category: Resources

This is where you’ll find the resources and tools you need to answer your home automation questions.

Watch Your Favorite YouTube Creator with a Touch of a Button using Action Blocks

YouTube Creators on Google Duo Phone

Want to use the full power of Google Assistant to access the YouTube Content Creator of your choice? You can do this with Google Action Blocks. The Action Blocks service was just released by Google in the last few weeks. Talk about saving time. You can get your latest video from your favorite YouTube creator with a touch of a button on your Android home screen. I’ll show you how.… Read More Watch Your Favorite YouTube Creator with a Touch of a Button using Action Blocks

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Create Action Blocks and Build Them Into Your Android Home Screen

Screenshot of Google Action Blocks Acessiblity Option

You can use Google Action Blocks to create awesome routines and buttons straight from your home screen your Android phone or tablet. Google made Action Blocks to be a part of the Accessibility program to help people to navigate through the settings to get what they need. They made it really simple to use. Why not use Action Blocks it for every day Home Automations!? Let’s get some awesome automation working straight from your tablet or phone. More ways to create your own Home Automation Command Centre. You don’t need voice commands. You’re basically creating your own Voice Command through Google Assistant and making a button for it! How intuitive. Isn’t that exciting!?… Read More Create Action Blocks and Build Them Into Your Android Home Screen

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What’s up with these services being no longer supported? Do this instead.

Brian from Automate Your Life YouTube Channel holding SmartThings and Wyze

Has the business model changed? or is it just a revenue thing, period. Why is there a generalization that monthly subscription models are the way to go? It might mean steady revenue, but does it really encourage growth? Is it of value to the consumer to be paying a monthly fee for service?Why do we say that it is just the way it is when it’s not what is needed… Don’t needs drive business?
Who drives business? The consumer or the business?… Read More What’s up with these services being no longer supported? Do this instead.

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IFTTT List of Discontinued Services

Screenshot of IFTTT site - searching for Gmail service on IFTTT

IFTTT – IF This Then That, has been integral in making all your automation dreams come true. Want to build a spreadsheet that tracks your spending habits? You can use IFTTT to do that. Do you want to get a text whenever the International Space Station is flying overhead… you can do that with IFTTT. Want to get a log of all your Utility Payments – You can use IFTTT to log all of that too! However, with all the services you can connect with IFTTT, there are a ton that has been removed over the past couple of years. We’re going to go over some (well a more than some) of them in this article that are no longer supported with IFTTT. It does not mean the service itself is inactive:… Read More IFTTT List of Discontinued Services

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