Pdevito32:
Hey so I read most of the back and forth here hoping to find my issue but it’s not here. So I’ll just go ahead and ask it.
I’ve been trying to figure out if, once intergraded, can I use my smart things app to automate a previously installed Routine on Alexa? For instance, “Alexa. Good Morning” has Alexa turn on some lights and read me my flash briefing. Can I create a smart things routine at 9am to turn on other lights, activate my “Alexa. Good morning” routine, then turn on a plug?
At the present time, Amazon does not offer any way to have a third-party device have Alexa perform an Alexa action.
Some community members use a separate android device with the “text to speech” (TTS) capability and have it literally speak to the echo to trigger events. It’s a hack, but it will work for some use cases.
Breaking News!!! As of August 2018, a SmartThings-connected Contact or Motion Sensor can now trigger an Amazon echo routine if you live in the US, Canada, or the UK !!!
Amazon has now added the ability for some sensors to trigger an Amazon echo routine (not a smartthings routine), which does let you trigger other smart home devices which are not connected to SmartThings without having to speak an echo command! Or you can set it up so that your echo devices will speak a customized phrase, play a doorbell chime, or various other sound effects.
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