I tweeted a bit about this , but thought it might be a good heads up for the ST nerds not on Twitter :slight_smile: Especially since new users can no longer use the old skill. The old skill is now called “SmartThings Classic” while the new one is just “SmartThings”. If you search the Alexa skill cata…

Its all or nothing for me, all in last week, sensors, contacts and simulated contacts, its came back a few times, this morning had a few random messages come though that were triggered from the night before, then its all stopped again now, all was working great before that. Cheers Dave

I could never get one Alexa device to respond to another saying “Alexa I’m Home”.

Here here! For example, without the DTH, there is effectively zero support for the GE Motion-Dimmer. I have different modes for different times of the day and location mode. Losing the ability to have those automations for the motion-dimmer would probably be a deal breaker for me. Introducing a n…

How can we help you figure out what is broken in the integration? Are there diagnostics, logging, etc we can provide you? Do you have an instrumented version of the skill that can provide you more detailed information that we can deploy to zero in on the issue?

So this morning I saw the notice in the new app about SmartThings discontinuing Echo Speaks. At first, I was surprised and a little bummed. But after reading a bit on the forums I can certainly understand their reasoning. Well without reading much more into it, I went ahead and updated my SmartThin…

[image] rlane85: . I then re-enabled the Classic ST skill, Right now the older ST skill is scheduled to disappear on September 8. :disappointed_relieved: so only the new skill will be available after that time. Updates to the SmartThings Platform

[image] rlane85: And I’m wondering now if that could be the source of the compatibility issues with the new ST ecosystem/Alexa skill. I’ll look into it soon and report back. Although I’m a little apprehensive to mess with anything now! Yes, definitely keep us posted. Earlier today I created …

Hi. I just uninstalled the old classic smartthings skill and I installed the new one. After finishing discovery I notice that not all my devices are be discovered by Alexa. Some motion sensors are not showing up on available devices. I installed/uninstalled the skill twice.

I think you’re right. And actually I just pulled this post up again to check on replies and to reply to myself: so far all those Alexa routine triggers appear to still be working but every device, scene, and automation appears to now be non-responsive inside the ST app. It’s not giving me any error…

[image] Panos: Hi. I just uninstalled the old classic smartthings skill and I installed the new one. After finishing discovery I notice that not all my devices are be discovered by Alexa. Some motion sensors are not showing up on available devices. I installed/uninstalled the skill twice. W…

New SmartThings Alexa skill (2020)

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JDRoberts August 13, 2020, 11:38pm 428

Right now the older ST skill is scheduled to disappear on September 8. so only the new skill will be available after that time.

Updates to the SmartThings Platform

Topic		Replies	Views
Major Changes to Alexa Skill Devices & Integrations	47	5074	September 30, 2016
New Alexa Skill Not Discovering Devices After Migration Devices & Integrations migration2020	55	7729	March 31, 2025
Using Contact and Motion Sensors to Trigger Alexa Routines (DTH in post 97) (Official Amazon Feature) Devices & Integrations	248	55936	August 12, 2020
Updates to the SmartThings Platform Announcements	1018	81572	February 2, 2022
Alexa Routines & Simulated Contact Sensors stopped working (17 April 2020) General Discussion troubleshooting	28	8503	September 16, 2020

New SmartThings Alexa skill (2020)

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