Echo/Alexa new issue

[JDRoberts]

@billsey

There doesn’t seem to anything labeled ‘Convenience’ in my Smartthings app. If you go to ‘SmartApps’ there is an entry for Amazon Echo which has a device list. If you press the + button you get a list of the devices that have already been added (currently only the four bulbs; the two smoke alarms, the water leak sensor and the thermostat do not show up), but there’s no method for adding new devices. This is with the SmartThings Android app, version 2.0.7, build number 202276.

See step 10 in the first post in the Echo setup FAQ for adding additional devices:

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…