Since it works with echo, you can use echo routines as a “man in the middle“ for your automations. This can be quite successful as far as adding the devices to your SmartThings automations.
However, it’s a one-way integration. If someone manually turns on the device, there’s no way to tell smartthings about that. But that may not matter, it just depends on the details of what you need.
See the following FAQ. ( The topic title is a clickable link.)
