Turn on Wink lights when you arrive home
7 ready-made Location and Wink: Shortcuts Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Location can start an automation with "You enter an area", and IFTTT can then run "Activate shortcut" on Wink: Shortcuts.-
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Turn on Wink lights when you arrive home
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Activate Wink shortcut when you enter a location
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Activate Wink shortcut when you enter or exit an area
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Turn off Wink lights when you leave a location
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Turn off Smart Life devices and activate a Wink Shortcut when you leave an area
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Automate Location and Wink: Shortcuts from your AI assistant
Have Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor build and run Location and Wink: Shortcuts automations for you, like “Turn on Wink lights when you arrive home”, with IFTTT MCP.
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Create your own Location and Wink: Shortcuts 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.
4 triggers, queries, and actions
You enter an area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you enter an area you specify.
You enter or exit an area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you enter or exit an area you specify.
You exit an area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you exit an area you specify.
Activate shortcut
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the shortcut you specify.
Activate shortcut
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the shortcut you specify.
You enter an area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you enter an area you specify.
You enter or exit an area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you enter or exit an area you specify.
You exit an area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you exit an area you specify.
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If
Select a trigger the automation will use
You enter an area
You enter or exit an area
You exit an area
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Activate shortcut
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the chat.
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More on Location and Wink: Shortcuts
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.
About Wink: Shortcuts
A simpler way to a smarter home. Wink brings all of your favorite smart products together in a single app. Wink Shortcuts allow you to control multiple smart products with a single tap. For example, create a goodnight shortcut that lowers the blinds, adjusts the thermostat, turns off the lights, and lock the doors.