"These are obviously not trivial to do, but we think we proved to ourselves we can do fairly complex things pretty well," Wolkov and Romano concluded. One feature that we could see in the future is the ability to have your phone automatically forward a text message to your e-mail. "We might have to change the name soon, it was not our pick anyway, it was assigned to the project," the duo explained, adding that the entire experience from creating the app to receiving such positive feedback has been a little overwhelming. Wolkov and Romano are looking toward the future and have big plans for Mini Tasker, which they admit will inevitably have to be renamed. While Tasker, Locale, and other similar programs are arguably more powerful (at least for the time being), Mini Tasker can be a great tool for the average Android user the fact that it's free is an added bonus. "We're also considering to open source the project to get some help from the community and add features even quicker." We've got tons of requests already," Wolkov and Romano wrote in an e-mail to CNET. "We're planning to continue with the project and let it expand. The app is still in its infancy, with the two founders explaining that it is currently at "more of a proof-of-concept stage, to show what can be done." Even so, it still offers dozens of easy-to-use automation options, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Mini Tasker, which isn't affiliated with Tasker, started as a school project from Israeli college students Anton Wolkov and Michal Romano. Unlike Tasker, which costs $2.99 and can be complicated for average users, Mini Tasker is a simplified automation tool that is available for free. We previously told you about Tasker, a powerful automation app available on the Play store. These actions have become so routine that I barely recognize I am doing them, but it doesn't have to be this way.Īndroid is a unique platform that gives users the ability to customize just about everything on their device, including being able to set up automated tasks that can be triggered by a specific action or location. As I enter CNET's New York offices each morning, like clockwork, I silence my Galaxy S III, adjust the brightness, and turn on Wi-Fi.
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