Amazon Alexa SmartApp, where is it?

[kharrison]

I need to prevent Alexa from discovering specific devices in ST. I have enabled the SmartThings skill in the Alexa iOS app. As expected, Alexa discovers every device I have connected to ST. I’ve read several posts that mention the “Amazon Alexa SmartApp” and the screen shots look exactly like what I need - the ability to limit which devices Alexa can discover. I’ve looked in the classic and the connect apps, but I can’t find any mention of an “Amazon Alexa SmartApp”. Where can I find it?

[jkp]

You can’t with the new Alexa integration. You will need to go to Athe Alexa app and disable any devices you do not want to see in Alexa.

New SmartThings Alexa skill (2020)

I tweeted a bit about this, but thought it might be a good heads up for the ST nerds not on Twitter Especially since new users can no longer use the old skill. The old skill is now called “SmartThings Classic” while the new one is just “SmartThings”. If you search the Alexa skill catalog you will only find the new skill, but the old/Classic one still shows under your installed skills if you already set it up. I don’t know what SmartThings’ plans are for migration, but i thought it would be worth discussing since the skill is public and new users will be using it. Based on the lack of it appearing in the Groovy IDE and appearance in the new app, the new one uses the new APIs instead of a Groovy app. So far here’s the differences I’ve noticed and my experience: Enabling the …

You can try searching for the Classic SmartThings skill in Alexa.

[kharrison]

Thanks for that information, it’s more complicated than I thought. I’m a new user so I don’t have access to the Classic SmartThings skill. I need to hide some devices because of how ST discovers iHome stuff, but I’ll put that in a separate post.