Rule Engine/Mgmt/Organization Changes Coming?

Yup, and I also use specific clock emoji to organize Google Home routines (and name Wyze rules, even though the Wyze app doesn’t automatically “alphabetize” them), and that helps, too.

Say I have three routines that run at specific times and do different things:

  1. Turn on a lamp at 6 a.m.
  2. Reset a camera at 5 a.m.
  3. Turn off a fan at 6 a.m.

I might name my routines like this:

  • :clock5::recycle::movie_camera: Reset Camera @⁠5a
  • :clock6::bulb::green_circle: Turn Lamp on @⁠6a
  • :clock6::wind_face::red_circle: Turn Fan off @⁠6a

Google Home recognizes the clock emoji in order, so it automatically groups those of the same time and takes care of my organization for me. (I assume it’s just arranging things by order of Unicode code point, and if the first characters of any two names match, then it goes to the second character, and so on.) I wish Wyze would just do that if they’re not going to allow manual reordering of Rules.

Thanks! I don’t really expect people to agree with me—especially not “everything”—but these opinions are free, and I appreciate the affirmation!


:pencil2: Edit: Obviously, I’m not super-consistent with my own rules naming conventions. If I was, then the first one on my list would probably be more like this:

  • :clock5::movie_camera::recycle: Reset Camera @⁠5a