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…

Thanks JD! Also wanted to post to the official knowledgebase article from the support team. [image] How to connect Amazon Alexa with SmartThings SmartThings can connect with Amazon Alexa devices to give you command of your home through voice controls. SmartThings works with Amazon Echo, …

Great article @JDRoberts . Where is the thread that talks about setting up a virtual switch, and which SmartApp should i use to change mode or hello home action based upon the switch? I searched but i couldn’t seem to find it. Thanks

Setting Up Virtual Switches for Echo to Use First create the virtual switch in SmartThings FAQ on creating a virtual switch: [image] FAQ: Creating a virtual Groovy Device [OBSOLETE] Wiki Need a FAQ for the simplest version of this: a virtual on/off switch. Maybe even tw…

@JDRoberts What kind of things will you use the IFTTT for? Trying to imagine some practical uses.

[image] sgord: @JDRoberts What kind of things will you use the IFTTT for? Trying to imagine some practical uses. Because I’m quadriparetic I use voice control for as many things as possible. Right now, I use IFTTT integrations to use voice to launch harmony activities. The current harmony/s…

For everyone that thinks it odd to say “Alexa turn on my XYZ virtual switch that controls mode change”, You can say activate instead of turn on.

[image] jody.albritton: For everyone that thinks it odd to say “Alexa turn on my XYZ virtual switch that controls mode change”, You can say activate instead of turn on. Hmmm… That didn’t work for me. Just “switch on” or “turn on.” For switch names, I just name the switches whatever words I …

[image] JDRoberts: Hmmm… That didn’t work for me. Just “switch on” or “turn on.” Just tested it again. Start, Activate, and Turn on all work for me. Deactivate does not.

[image] JDRoberts: you can now add new groups, or add the smart things devices to your existing groups This is the KEY thing to do to make Echo awesome. Forget the actual names, use names here for activities, rooms, etc. Make several names for the same set of lights if people call em differe…

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

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DarcRanger (Darc Ranger) August 21, 2015, 6:52pm 5

Hello Home Phrase director maybe what you are looking for,

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

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