Microsoft’s Cortana is finally on IFTTT

Microsoft keeps striving to find Cortana a place in the crowded smart assistant market, and despite losing a minor feature, it’s still adding functionality. Today, Cortana added IFTTT, and launched with interactions to link it up with 550 apps and devices. Cortana lags behind some of its peers in this field, too: Google Assistant added […]

Google Assistant and IFTTT can close your garage door

We haven’t gotten to the point of voice-activated vacuum cleaners yet, but closing your garage door with an “Ok Google” has arrived. Garage-door company Chamberlain has announced that its MyQ app will now work with Google Assistant in addition to your Nest camera. Handy! More than issuing a closing command, you can ask if the […]

IFTTT now lets any developer build and publish applets for others to use

IFTTT, the platform that allows users to create customized, conditional interactions between apps, online services, digital assistants, and devices, has announced that it’s opening its platform to individual developers, allowing them to build and publish their own applets for others to use. Founded in 2010, IFTTT — an acronym for “If this, then that” — became known for its for its […]