

Your Android SMS alerts, delivered on iOS There are also plenty of prebuilt applets to choose from. For example, you can use the Android Phone trigger to fire off an iOS alert whenever you miss a call on your Android device, or to get a notification when your Android phone leaves or arrives at a certain location. Tap it, then tap the checkmark next to Complete action to finalize your applet.īonus tip: Now that you’ve built your first IFTTT applet, try creating some more. Tap the Notifications tile to make your new IFTTT applet fire off an alert whenever you get an SMS on your Android handset.įor this action, only one option exists: Send a notification. Tap That, then tap an action-in this case, Notifications. This time, the word “That” will be highlighted. Once you tap that option, you’ll return to the ”If This Then That” screen. (Among the other options for the Android SMS trigger: Any new SMS sent, New SMS received matches search, and New SMS received from phone number.)


Tap it to open the trigger, then pick one of the available conditions for this particular applet, I chose Any new SMS received. In the search box at the top, type in Android for a list of all the available Android triggers, one of which will be Android SMS. You’ll now see a big menu of multicolored tiles, each representing a trigger for your new applet. Once you’ve selected the Android SMS trigger, you can pick from a series of conditions, including “Any new SMS received.” Next, you’ll land on the Applet Maker screen, where you’ll see four big words: If, This, Then, and That, with the word “This” highlighted in blue with a big “+” sign next to it.
