I love Tasker, and it’s probably the major thing keeping me from switching to iOS. I’ve never used the scenes, but here are my two major profile groups:
Tap an NFC tag in the car to toggle driving mode. Brightness and volume are set to an appropriate value, earphones are disconnected (with a reminder to remove them from my ears), forced connection to car Bluetooth (it doesn’t always connect if I don’t use Tasker), starts a 2-hour rest timer, automatically quiets alarms when they happen (once had 15 minutes on the highway before I could stop and turn it off), log the drive, start my driving checklist app (this can be a post of its own if anyone is interested), and opens up Maps. Turning off driving mode undoes everything, reminds me to take the earphones if I had them on when I started driving, stops logging the drive, and opens up the car shutdown checklist. Feature to add: Automatically save my parking. (I don’t do that yet because I add notes, especially underground.)
A speaking calendar. Goes through all my calendars to figure out when the next event is, figures out which language the entry is written in, and reads it out loud when the event starts. (Most of my events are from home so there’s no commute/prep time involved.) Can handle overlapping events. Feature to add: Speak when there’s a reminder as well rather than just when the event starts, for when COVID is over. Bonus stuff include
Knowing my SO’s part-time job schedule, and reminding me to send her a do your best 30 minutes before she starts, as well as a welcome back when she finishes.
For events between the two of us, it automatically opens up the chat app we use.
Adds a walk every day starting 1.5 hours before sunset. Reminds me to prepare 30 minutes before the walk starts, and announces the weather 5 minutes before, and opens the weather app.
Nothing opens if I’m in driving mode.
Some standalone tasks:
Tells me good night and opens up the chat app to tell my SO good night as well. If she has a job while I’m asleep (7-8 hours time zone difference), it lets me know, so I can send her the do your best message before I go to sleep.
Wow thanks for sharing. I might steal the NFC / walk scheduling ideas—those sound like they could be useful.
Long shot but you haven’t happened to figure out how to get Tasker to interface with “Focus Mode” have you? That’s one thing I haven’t managed to get Tasker to detect yet.
I love Tasker, and it’s probably the major thing keeping me from switching to iOS. I’ve never used the scenes, but here are my two major profile groups:
Tap an NFC tag in the car to toggle driving mode. Brightness and volume are set to an appropriate value, earphones are disconnected (with a reminder to remove them from my ears), forced connection to car Bluetooth (it doesn’t always connect if I don’t use Tasker), starts a 2-hour rest timer, automatically quiets alarms when they happen (once had 15 minutes on the highway before I could stop and turn it off), log the drive, start my driving checklist app (this can be a post of its own if anyone is interested), and opens up Maps. Turning off driving mode undoes everything, reminds me to take the earphones if I had them on when I started driving, stops logging the drive, and opens up the car shutdown checklist. Feature to add: Automatically save my parking. (I don’t do that yet because I add notes, especially underground.)
A speaking calendar. Goes through all my calendars to figure out when the next event is, figures out which language the entry is written in, and reads it out loud when the event starts. (Most of my events are from home so there’s no commute/prep time involved.) Can handle overlapping events. Feature to add: Speak when there’s a reminder as well rather than just when the event starts, for when COVID is over. Bonus stuff include
Knowing my SO’s part-time job schedule, and reminding me to send her a do your best 30 minutes before she starts, as well as a welcome back when she finishes.
For events between the two of us, it automatically opens up the chat app we use.
Adds a walk every day starting 1.5 hours before sunset. Reminds me to prepare 30 minutes before the walk starts, and announces the weather 5 minutes before, and opens the weather app.
Nothing opens if I’m in driving mode.
Some standalone tasks:
Tells me good night and opens up the chat app to tell my SO good night as well. If she has a job while I’m asleep (7-8 hours time zone difference), it lets me know, so I can send her the do your best message before I go to sleep.
Flipping the phone upside down mutes the ringer.
Controlling lights
Interfacing with Google Assistant
A bunch of other small annoyances.
Wow thanks for sharing. I might steal the NFC / walk scheduling ideas—those sound like they could be useful.
Long shot but you haven’t happened to figure out how to get Tasker to interface with “Focus Mode” have you? That’s one thing I haven’t managed to get Tasker to detect yet.
I don’t use focus mode for anything, though some apps are fullscreen by default.