Moving from Wink?

[JDRoberts]

No official SmartThings/Echo integration yet, although we’re told they’re working on it.

Right now there are two “man in the middle” workarounds (one using IFTTT and one using the Hue Bridge), a hack, and some people have Amazon Developer status and are working on skills but that last group isn’t released yet.

Details on all Echo integrations here:

First Methods for Integrating Echo and SmartThings

BREAKING NEWS AUGUST 21 Official Echo integration is here! And it works great! Please see the new FAQ devoted just to the official SmartThings/Echo integration: And below is the original FAQ showing the various kinds of integration available before the Official version was available. But unless you’re running your own server and want to hack a bunch of stuff, just look at the official one, it’s fantastic. I am quadriparetic, so voice control is very important to me. And I am amazed at the quality of the Amazon Echo farfield voice recognition technology. So I’ve been keeping a close eye on the current state of unofficial integration. I got mine for $99 through the invitation process. It was a several month wait and you needed to be a prime member. It is now available to anyone to o…