Hi, I have searched the forum and didn’t really find an easy solution. Does anyone know how I can easily have Google Home or Alexa “speak” or make a sound via an Action? If not Google/Alexa, is there an off the shelf Zwave speaker that will enable the “Play Message on Speaker” option of an Action…

Thanks @JDRoberts and @Terri_Baker . Cliff notes version: For Google Home Routines: Add a Virtual Switch via SmartThings App → Menu → Labs. For Alexa Routines: Add a Virtual Device via Virtual Devices V2 → vEdge Creator V2.9 (Follow Instructions Steps 1-3 posted here ) Both are super easy to insta…

You can do this from the Alexa app. I am assuming that you have the Smartthings skill installed. Alexa will then be able to see your Smartthings devices. You can write a routine in the Alexa app to trigger her to speak. [Screenshot_20230601-145004]

I’m surprised you didn’t find anything, it’s been a very popular use case and there quite a few threads about it. :thinking: Anyway, there’s no way to control the smartspeakers directly from the smartthings app. With an echo device, things are pretty straightforward. The Alexa app has Alexa routin…

In Google you can make a routine in the Google Home app under the Household routines. If you want to play a message over a speaker within SmartThings as part of your routine you can add a Sonos speaker (the Ikea ones work too).

@JDRoberts /all thanks for the info. I got a Google Home Routine working with a Virtual Switch. For some reason the Virtual Switch does not end up in my Alexa’s → Routines → When this happens → Smart Home section in order for me to pick the device as the starter of the Routine. However, Alexa sees t…

[image] sasadorian: For some reason the Virtual Switch does not end up in my Alexa’s → Routines → When this happens → Smart Home section in order for me to pick the device as the starter of the Routine. However, Alexa sees the Virtual Switch in the Device list and I am able to toggle the switch …

I followed your link, and I see you referencing “virtual device” one time on that thread and I am not seeing virtual device in SmartThings → Menu → Labs. I see “virtual switch”. Do I need to install an special driver or something?

[image] sasadorian: I followed your link, and I see you referencing “virtual device” one time on that thread and I am not seeing virtual device in SmartThings → Menu → Labs. I see “virtual switch”. Do I need to install a special driver or something? The virtual switch in the smartthings app w…

[image] sasadorian: I followed your link, and I see you referencing “virtual device” one time on that thread and I am not seeing virtual device in SmartThings → Menu → Labs. I see “virtual switch”. Do I need to install an special driver or something? Here is a link to one of the virtual devic…

For Alexa, as of this writing there are four options for triggering an Alexa routine , depending on the exact details of the use case: if your trigger is a physical contact sensor, motion sensor, or lock, you can just use that as the trigger in the Alexa routine, you don’t need a virtual device. …

I know this is a bit old, but why is so hard to find an ST compatible smart speaker? I realize there are plenty of workarounds to use alexa, but shouldn’t there be a current list of speakers that natively integrate with ST in order to use the “play with speaker” the OP was asking about? I can’t see…

How to enable "Play Message on Speaker" as an Action for a Routine

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Terri_Baker (TeBa) June 2, 2023, 4:12am 9

Here is a link to one of the virtual deviced jd was referring to. There has been an issue with Alexa triggering routines based off the combi ed contact/switch devices and has 2 options which work really well.

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