Amazon Echo

[scottalex (Scott Alexander)]

Just wanted to add you don’t have to link/unlink in the Alexa app every time you add a device in order to get Echo to see it. In SmartThings App, you should have an Amazon Echo SmartApp after the initial link where your new device (physical or virtual switch) can be selected. At that point a discover devices either via app or voice should find it. See JD’s FAQ, while the app screenshots are a little out of date information is still good.

FAQ: Amazon Echo: The Official SmartThings Integration is here! (Initial SetUp FAQ)

NEW: Alexa IFTTT Triggers As of November 12, 2015, there are now two official ways to integrate Alexa and SmartThings. The first way is fast and simple, and can do any one thing that you can do in the official SmartThings IFTTT channel. You pick any phrase you want to use, and use that as the “if” in the Alexa channel at IFTTT for a new recipe. Then you just pick from the dropdown options in the SmartThings IFTTT channel as the “that.” To use a recipe, you say “Alexa, trigger {my phrase}.” So you could say “Alexa, trigger open the pod bay doors” to open your garage door, “Alexa, trigger autodestruct” to turn on your siren, “Alexa, trigger kitchen lights” to turn on your kitchen light. Whatever you want. This is the power of IFTTT, and why SmartThings having a channel there is so u…