Alexa is one of the most popular smart home platforms available today due to its wide range of compatible devices and ease of use. Alexa makes it easy tocontrol smart lightsfrom dozens of different brands through the app, through voice, and through other methods. This guide will walk you th...
How To Use Alexa To Make Christmas Smarter Once the lights have been untangled, there’s one more step to take before plugging in and lighting up the tree. For those sticking with the lights on hand, a smart plug is the best choice. Whether they’re decking the tree inside or the eave...
Introduction: How to Control a Lamp With Alexa and ESP32 As part of the European Project "Internet of Tricks", this is a tutorial to develop a device that simulates, on a small scale, a smart house with IoT functionalities controlled by a voice assistant. This device has educational purpos...
One of the most useful features of Alexa is her ability to control the lights in your home. Being able to say, “Hey Alexa, turn on the living room lights,” is a tremendously useful trait. It’s one of the first things that make a home feel truly “smart.” The good news is tha...
Alexa is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon that is powering smart speakers, such as Alexa Echo, to help you control your gadgets with voice commands. By installing different Amazon Alexa skills, you can ask the smart speaker to play music, send messages, shop online, turn lights on and...
Option 2: Talk to Siri Option 3: Install Colors for Hue Want to easily control your Hue lights? You don't have to pick up your phone or yell across the room at Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri. Here are some easy ways to control your Hue lights right from your Mac. ...
With a feature called “routines,” Alexa makes it easy to control all your smart home devices at once. For example, you can make all the smart lights in your home turn on when you wake up every morning. Or you can turn off your smart lights, your smart thermostat, and your smart ...
All of the Lightify lights use ZigBee, and you'll need to connect them to a hub (it will work with Wink, SmartThings and HomeKit) before you can control them via Alexa. Name Price Description Lightify 9-watt Dimmable Soft White $24.49 Amazon A19 bulb, 2,700K, 60W equivalent. Built-...
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Today’s digital world gives new meaning to the phrase, “the walls have ears.” And as more warnings about the dangers of smart speakers and the risks of virtual assistants come to light, the question is:Is Alexa spying on me, and how does it impact my privacy?