How this automation works
Automate your smart home lighting by turning on and customizing lights when you arrive somewhere. This Applet runs when you enter a specified area and will switch on connected SmartThings or Philips Hue lights, optionally changing their color or toggling brightness. Ideal for welcoming yourself home or setting the perfect mood effortlessly.
Trigger ingredients
Action fields
Action fields
Action fields
Action fields
Services used in this Applet
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Create your own workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
36 triggers, queries, and actions
Any new motion
Brightness drops below
Brightness rises above
Closed
Humidity drops below
Humidity rises above
Locked
Moisture detected
Opened
Presence detected
Presence no longer detected
Switched off
Activate siren/strobe
Blink lights
Change color
Change color from image
Change to random color
Deactivate siren/strobe
Dim lights
Lock
Set a scene in a room
Switch off
Switch on
Toggle lights on/off
Activate siren/strobe
Any new motion
Blink lights
Brightness drops below
Brightness rises above
Change color
Change color from image
Change to random color
Closed
Deactivate siren/strobe
Dim lights
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About SmartThings
SmartThings unlocks a new world of possibilities by letting you use your smartphone to control locks, lights, electronics, and the everyday things around you—wherever you are.
SmartThings unlocks a new world of possibilities by letting you use your smartphone to control locks, lights, electronics, and the everyday things around you—wherever you are.
About Location
Location allows apps and websites to use information from cellular, Wi-Fi, and GPS networks to determine your approximate location. This service requires downloading the IFTTT app for iPhone or Android. Locate your phone or find your mobile device.
Location allows apps and websites to use information from cellular, Wi-Fi, and GPS networks to determine your approximate location. This service requires downloading the IFTTT app for iPhone or Android. Locate your phone or find your mobile device.
About Philips Hue
Philips Hue connected bulbs and bridge let you to take full control of your lighting. Whatever you want to do with your lighting, Hue can.
Philips Hue connected bulbs and bridge let you to take full control of your lighting. Whatever you want to do with your lighting, Hue can.