Schedule a Phone Call to Yourself and Politely Escape any Boring Situation
You have been invited to a meeting that would last really long. You cannot say “no” but secretly wish that someone calls your phone in the middle of that never-ending meeting and rescue you from the boring situation. Well, you can take the help of a human friend or use IFTTT, the versatile automation app available for both iPhone and Android. With IFTTT, you can easily create a workflow (applet) that would simulate a fake phone call to yourself at the scheduled time and help you smoothly exit that meeting. What’s new then? The phone calling service has been part of IFTTT for some time now but it was earlier limited to the U.S. region only. The latest version of the IFTTT app brings phone calling to everyone outside the U.S. as well. Let’s get started. Schedule an Automated Phone Call to Yourself Create a free account at IFTTT and enable the Date Time service and the VoIP Call service . Next, create a new applet and choose Date Time for the “this” condition. The trigger should b...