Amazon echo with Schlage lock via SmartThings

I’m using Sharptools/Tasker with AutoVoice and OK Google on my tablet to do this.
Sharptools is authorized to operate the lock.
AutoVoice intercepts OK Google commands locally on the tablet, and if they match commands configured in Tasker profiles it sends those commands to Tasker. So I say
"OK Google, unlock the front door" and it unlocks within about a second.
“Ok Google, lock the front door” likewise locks it in a second.

Though really, I don’t need the ‘lock’ voice command. Because the door auto-locks when closed, and if it’s been unlocked but closed for two minutes (such as if I’ve used the voice-unlock command but the door never opened) it likewise auto-locks.

i would love to see the Echo mic array sold as a separate Bluetooth mic. Mount it on a ceiling, mount a small but good “always on” bluetooth speaker elsewhere on the ceiling, connect them to your android tablet… Google could go a long way toward making their voice service more palatable by having you be able to assign a different name, rather than saying “ok Google” all the time. It would increase the wife acceptance factor significantly lol

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