I will be impressed if I can name my Alexa devices to whatever I want. I have too many Alexa’s in my life. Unfortunately, I cannot name my missus Alexa.
Amazon.com: Introducing Echo Auto - The first Echo for your car: Amazon Devices
$24.99
I will be impressed if I can name my Alexa devices to whatever I want. I have too many Alexa’s in my life. Unfortunately, I cannot name my missus Alexa.
Zigbee itself is solid. The implementation of any specific brand of hub may vary, of course.
Unfortunately, I cannot name my missus Alexa.
Computer, Amazon are your other choices… did you mean “unname”? I would keep the Echo as Alexa, that way you have a back up if one doesn’t hear you.
$24.99
Amazon.com: Introducing Echo Auto - The first Echo for your car: Amazon Devices
In the product description:
There are two many Alexa’s in my life. If only one of them fetched me my beer.
This!!! Yeah!!!
There are two many Alexa’s in my life. If only one of them fetched me my beer.
I keep telling you, we have the technology.
( not my dog, but mine knows the same behavior. )
@JDRoberts You rock, JD. Miss the good old times. I am currently struggling with 2018 aka v3. Ordered the echo auto. Let’s see if I get an invitation. Best experience for me has been the Sonos Beam enabled with Alexa.
I am fascinated by the fact that they are putting the Echo plus capabilities into the new show. People are going to have a hub without ever having had to select one, and it’s going to give them sensor and simple routine capabilities.
Very simple, obviously, but also super easy to set up and reliable. It’s very interesting strategy.
Along with devices, they also introduced new smart home API capabilities…
Amazon Apps & Services Developer Portal
Along with devices, they also introduced new smart home API capabilities…
New Alexa Smart Home Flexible Building Block APIs : Alexa Blogs
Oooh, shiny!
Has anyone heard whether the echo sub will be able to respond to voice commands?
I can’t quite tell from what I’ve read so far.
It would be nice if it could relay voice commands to an echo device that it’s linked to.
$60 amazonbasics microwave
It’s only 700 watts. Good luck figuring out how long to cook that frozen dinner. If it even fits inside – – it’s 0.7 ft.³ interior. So reheat coffee or make popcorn, but forget about lasagna.
With AmazonBasics microwave it’s easier to defrost vegetables, make popcorn, cook potatoes, and reheat rice. With an Echo device (not included), quick-cook voice presets and a simplified keypad let you just ask Alexa to start microwaving.
Anybody get the plug added to smartthings?
It’s a Wi-Fi plug— there is no direct integration with SmartThings.
What you could do is create a virtual contacts sensor with switch capabilities and then use that to turn the Amazon plug on and off via and Amazon routine. It’s a little kludgy, but it should work.
Breaking News!!! As of August 2018, a SmartThings-connected Contact or Motion Sensor can now trigger an Amazon echo routine if you live in the US, Canada, or the UK !!! Amazon has now added the ability for some sensors to trigger an Amazon echo routine (not a smartthings routine), which does let you trigger other smart home devices which are not connected to SmartThings without having to speak an echo command! Or you can set it up so that your echo devices will speak a customized phrase, play a doorbell chime, or various other sound effects. And even better, that contact sensor can be a virtual contact sensor. And although it’s a bit tricky, a community member has created an edge driver that will create BOTH a virtual switch and a virtual sensor and keep the pair in synch. So…
Thanks jd, found a way not to use it for now lol
Your Echo devices can now guard your home.
Signed up on Friday. Still havent gotten the guard invite
Signed up on Friday
It took me 3 days to get notification that is available. I don’t see a way to use it in their routines, though.
4 years later… say goodbye to Fire TV recast
You can still snag the 1TB version of Amazon's DVR for over-the-air recordings, but only while supplies last.
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