Amazon Integration in new app

[HughB]

In the old classic amazon integration app you could select which devices were controlable by amazon but in the new app you cant. This means that Amazon now sees all of my lights twice.
I prefer to let amaozn control my hue lights directly rather than through ST as they have a better integration and its direct betewwn amazon and philips rather than Amazon > ST >Philips
Is it now impossible to select which devices are used by Amazon?
Cheers Hugh

[jkp]

@HughB

Is it now impossible to select which devices are used by Amazon?

It is not currently possible but it is a feature that will be added back at some point in the future. You can find more details in the following thread…

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 …

[Paul_DeFeo]

Just disable the Hue light that came in through ST in the Alexa app for now. This will allow Alexa to go directly to the Hue bridge.

[HughB]

Cool thanks all. I almost went down the route of removing the Hue skill from Alexa!