I Barely Speak To Alexa Anymore Thanks To This TINY Button: Flic 2 Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- I like talking to Alexa, don't get me wrong, but sometimes a Smart Home button is just better and the flic 2 is the best yet. This tiny wireless smart home button has literally only just been released and was funded on Indiegogo and Kickstarter to create the perfect button and I flipping love it.
This video is sponsored by Flic, all opinions are my own.
You can pair the Flic 2 directly to your phone to use your droid as a hub, or you can pair your button to the Flic hub LR to control Smart Home devices without needing a phone on the network and to also allow Apple Home Kit support. The hub also gives you infrared control if you buy the separate IR accessory so that you can include your TV and AV equipment in your Flic routines.
The integrations are practically endless, but they include Philips Hue, Lifx and most importantly Apple Homekit. There are too many to list, but if your Smart Home device isn't integrated directly then you can create your own integrations using HTTP, or if you're not quite that technical then most devices can be controlled via IFTTT. I've used IFTTT to connect Flic to my Smart Life devices and the delay is only a couple of seconds. I also used HTTP to integrate my Flic hub with my Hubitat locally on my network. The software is incredibly easy to use.
Flic1 versus Flic 2: The Flic 2 has a number of improvements, but primarily they are; Better battery life (around 3 years which is twice the original), better range (up to 200 metres) and Homekit support (for the new hub). I always loved the original Flic, but the Flic 2 is now even better, and the new hub is backwards compatible so you can still use the original Flic buttons!
Flic is certainly not a cheap solution, but it is awesome. If you want something well made that just works reliably then it's totally worth your consideration.
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Morning all! :) Flic is certainly not a cheap solution, but it is awesome. If you want something well made that just works reliably then it's totally worth your consideration.
IF YOU WANNA BUY THE FLIC THEN BUYING THROUGH THE BELOW LINKS I'LL GET COMMISSION AT NO COST TO YOU:
SINGLE FLIC: flic.io/shop/flic-2-single-pack?aff=27
3 FLICS AND A HUB (starter kit): flic.io/shop/flic2-starter-kit?aff=27
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Thank you for the video . I have one question before buying it. What is the range of the vutton of the hub is connected?! Do i need to be in the same room that the hub is in it?
@@busultan12 In my case, yes. Buttons kinda useless in my house
"Alexa, find my button"
I fail to see why my wife not being able to rain condoms down from the ceiling when I'm not in the house is an issue
That's because you weren't gifted with a sense of humour when God was giving them out mate.
edstar83, oh the irony.
@@InfectedByEli Really mate? because I fail to see how he not caring whether his wife screws other men behind his back is funny. There is a word for men like that in Spanish "Cornudo".
Absolutely no self awareness whatsoever. Keep digging, mate. I bet your Reddit "friends" laugh at you behind your back for using stale memes.
@@InfectedByEli lol You're so busy being arrogant you don't even realise when you're being trolled.
ruclips.net/video/BzMCjFQIefg/видео.html
I'm suprised they didn't call it the 'finger blaster' 😂
😂😂😂 Perfect!
Given that it can tackle 2 things in one gesture, maybe it should be called 'The Stinger'
Chris Williams love it 🤣👏🏻👏🏻 that’s a round of applause sir!!!
So.... I buy She Who Shall Not Be Named so I can activate devices around my home without lifting a finger... then I buy a button because I'm tired of talking to a hockey puck.
Haha 😂
Lol pretty much
Seems counterintuitive
Never hurts to have options! 😂
Great if you could even buy Alexa buttons anymore.
Your video's are great. I love the fact you dont give a shit about what people think. We need more people like that.
I dont even remember now how I found your channel but I make sure everyone I know watches it, I really appreciate your real world analysis of tech junk and how we may or may not use it in real life..Thanks and keep it up....
Get smart lights and voice recognition so that you don't need to manually switch lights on/off. Then get buttons so that you don't need to talk to the voice recognition software and you can manually switch lights on/off.
BRILLIANT!!!
Your other half is so patient. If I tried using a button to mute mine I'd be driving to Chesterfield to recover my violently removed head.
Just a tip, use the whisper function on your "she who shouldn't be named" and you won't wake your miss... worked for me
Whisper mode is great, but it does not work if the device is connected to external BT speakers, nor does followup mode.
There is a workaround to make this work with your Alexa routines. Use an app called SimpleCommands. It’s a pain in the ass but it works.
"One hub to rule them all !!" a tad annoying that everything needs a hub of some sort...someone needs to make a generic hub to connect everything to everything beit lightbulbs to condom dispensers :P
There is already it is called home assistant
Honestly, this seems to be it
IOBroker, home Assistant, fhem, openHAB... Hubitat... theres plenty
I'm using a Vera Plus, smart switches and wifi-zigbee bulbs. I haven't had the need for additional hubs. At least not yet.
Hubitat.
I can highly recommend the Ikea buttons tied to a decent hub like SmartThings. 2 buttons with push and hold functionality (4 overall functions) for 8 bucks Canadian. The 5 button controller (4 of which can be held, so 9 functions) is 20 something dollars.
We use Alexa all around the house for controlling a number of different devices, mainly lights and plug sockets. This works great for 4 out of 5 of our family. However, my eldest daughter has a neurological condition which means she is unable to talk so until now has been excluded from being able to switch on these devices, especially her favourite fibre optic lights or the light strip in her bedroom. However, she is the ultimate button presser!!! So we are hoping these devices are going to be ideal to help her enter our world of Alexa, and more importantly enable her to turn on/off her favourite lights. Sadly, I suspect it will be a case of on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off....... Will be interesting to see how long the battery lasts with that intensive use!
I love that these will be so useful for you ❤️ There is a really great update on this today, so make sure you watch today's video at 10AM.😊
I love how you spent the first minute and 20 seconds or so of the video talking just about how hilariously stupid the marketing was for This, brilliant just like all of your videos good sir, you are humorous, informative and just generally all around fun and though I'm a broke son of a gun who can only watch in at all of these amazing things that keep coming out it's always an absolute joy to see your videos pop up.
Had me in stitches. I take it you don’t like Philips Hue.
The only downside would be that you may need to label them or you’ll lose track of which button does what.
Expensive was an understatement! They are RIDICULOUSLY priced! Dang it! Such a needed solution for when Alexa wants to be difficult.
To be fair, if one's missus needs to rain down condoms when he's not home, he probably has larger problems to deal with...
They now trigger Alexa routines. 😎😎😎
My flic opens my front door, its amazing.
When you laughed after the fart noise you sounded like Chris griffin 😂😂😂😂.
🤣🤣 ive no use for one of these at all, but I find myself watching your videos for the lightheartedness of them & the outakes after. Fantastic keep up the great work..
Agreed
@Christopher Smith well until he posted his last video ruclips.net/video/207zwnxoCcE/видео.html Id never seen his hot wife.. But now i have seen her i can see me watching even more of his videos LOL..
Thumbs up just for having Red Dwarf on the TV.
Ugggggg, Another hub that I have to have in my house. lol The things we do for our channels. BTW: instead of a button next to the bed to turn off the house, I use an NFC tag. No voice, no batteries, no hub. Love it !!!
The whole part about condoms made my day. You are spot on at pointing out how weird that is!. 🤣🤣
Buttons
I use virtual switches (smart things) to activate Alexa routines. It takes more than 37 seconds to setup. I would say start to finish it takes me about 5 minutes to setup a virtual sensor to trigger an Alexa routine.
Considering Hue gets lambasted for cost these don't seem any better - if not worse!
Paul, how else can we get a dose of Philips Hue hate? You will never be redundant.
Happy holidays to you too! 🤘
I've been using Xiaomi buttons with zigbee2mqtt for over a year. Works great, has 7 different click options rather than just 3, and they're under £10 per button, and the zigbe2mqtt hardware can be had for about £15. So loads cheaper than the flic starter kit! Bit more work because you need set up the zigbee2mqtt, but their guide is easy to follow.
Feck sakes! You're on 62k already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a few of them myself, by Kickstarter. Including the hub. And its the first thing with scores a 10 out of 10 on WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor)! She used it from day 1 to turn the christmas-lights on and off (behind Wemo-sockets).
One thing i would like to be added; support voor HomeAssistant (or OpenHab2). I tried contacting the makers (on deserved holliday i think) and the Home-Assistant-community to develop an integration. It looks like i have to learn myself some codewriting to make this PERFECT product combining with domotica-software...
Very very funny. It even put a smile on my wife face. Well done.
Oh man i laughed so hard when you spitted on your Hue
I hope to find time soon to research this more. I'm a newbie and don't know how everything works yet. Looks like I need IFTTT. Next thing to look into for sure. Before buying a Flic I thought I would ask them this directly, I said I have an Alexa, gosund Light switches and outlets, how do I control them with a Flic? They said sorry you can't at this time. Update: Sorry...now I'm caught up on more of your videos and thanks! I choose Flic 2 and IFTTT. So cool.
I also just received version 2, they feel way better than v1. The software still seems the same to me. It has more features unlocked for Android than for IOS. I still can't control Hue scenes, it will always default to the last setting (Apple user) ... so I have to use IFTT for that, which is annoying. (slower). For the rest a great product. For the price of the HUB they could just include a USB charger and ethernet cable, I have the v1 and the v2, both only came with just a USB cable. Great video, had a good laugh again, thanks Paul!
I'm curious to know if the button can be set up as the Alexa wake word to get her attention. I have to yell her name repeatedly just to get her to light up. Once she's listening, I don't have to yell anything else.
Condom net is now apart of my Google search history, also my eyes now hurt, thanks Paul
alexa doesn't speak to me any more, ever since the day she accidentally fell down the stairs...
🤣
It can trigger routines on alexa by setting up a virtual alexa switch on smartthings which is a trigger for a routine in Alexa.
Promised HomeKit support is missing as the story usually goes, but this condom automation is making me rethink my approach to the smart home entirely.
Love the videos Paul, so sent you a "pint"... but one puzzle....let me get this straight you love this button, as now you can stop using voice commands.... which you loved ... cos you could stop using buttons???? Hmmm !!!???
You should have done the condom drop Paul !
Happy Xmas to you and yours! 🎶🕺🤙😁 (good job I got a spit guard for Xmas! )
Hey Paul, any update on Fiic controlling routines yet I.E Google assistant, TIA..
could you tell us how may you connect this device to IFTTT , because I hear some problem about that , or make a Video about that , many thanks
Loved my Pop buttons for the 3 years I've had them, but must admit these are getting more intriguing 🤔
Is it their ability to rain down condoms from the ceiling? 😂
@@paulhibbert Just one BIG condom 😄
@@garethjones5068 Biting my tongue SO hard..... :-)
@@davidbittner4674 Haha I'm surprised it's taken someone this long to pick up on such an obvious retort to this reply, I'd be honoured if you went ahead and delivered your punchline 😄
All that integration and no native SmartThings? Nuts.
Can you not trigger an Alexa routine via IFFT?
Not without some faffing around with a 3rd party service and skill sadly, but yeah, apparently its possible. 😊
@@paulhibbert Have you done a video about this Paul? I'd be interested in getting IFTTT to trigger my Echo Plus to do stuff rather than Alexa triggering IFTTT (it currently seems to only do it one way).
In other news, have you heard that it looks like Amazon are testing Guard in the UK (by invite only)?
@@paulhibbert It seems to me, with IFTTT it can replace Alexa's routines.
I’ve found a way but it requires linking an amazon echo to a raspberry pi via ifttt webhooks.
You can trigger Alexa routines with openHAB and echo controller you can also control smart home devices that are only annoying supported by google assistant and amazon echo (BG Home) smart plug you should review that it’s actually pretty decent
You can do the same with hubitat & hue button ? 🤔
Van you actívate an entire Alexa skill with the button? I want it to start an Alexa routine
Yes. You will need both the button and the bridge.
I love love all your videos u have me smiling the whole time I’m binge watching all of your videos😁
❤️ Yay! Thank you! 😊
Can I set this up to turn on/off RUclips music on my phone so my boss doesn't notice me playing with my earbuds under my hair? I feel like reaching into my pocket is less conspicuous lol
So I dont know if Amazon added Flic buttons to trigger routines nowdays, but I know a workaround. It uses IFTTT (of course), all you need for the 2nd service is to use AlexaActions by mkZense. The service is free for 3 triggers or 5$ a year for infinite. Then use this trigger in Alexa to trigger routines. Hope this helps
I can barely keep track of the remote. That is why Alexa makes voice commands so appealing. Sorry this is a no go for me.
pmsl at the hue bit, awesome
Hive 🤬🤬
I have 8 door contacts and two motion sensors that originally worked with IFTTT but are no longer supported.
If you have time please look into this and rip them a new one. They deserve it.
Best you tube channel going 👍
Have a great Christmas 🤪
Would this work in a off grid camper, where there is local Wi-Fi but not an actual internet connection.
Yes I did enjoy this video. It was awesome, informative ,and you’ve introduced me to something I really want but I didn’t know existed. Thanks
Can the Flic buttons be seen in Alexa (I want to create automations in Alexa, not the Flic app)?
How are you finding the Flic buttons now Paul?
Are you able to turn the lights on a off with this button but also use google home to do the same. For example turn on with a single press and then turn off with google home?
Thanks Paul, good review. Happy holidays to you and yours.
Can I connect the buttons to Google Home mini without buying the hub?
Your videos are entertaining 😂
As this video is 2yrs old, does it connect to the Echo 4 hub?, Or is Ms. A still stuck up and doesn't want to share her routines with flic?
After years of smart home technology development we're back to pressing buttons?
Anyways can you have it set your thermostat to a predetermined temperature. (So I can silently turn it back down after my wife raises it)
You simply create a routine that puts it back to standard mode every 1 hour...
Paul, Can Alexa do BT proximity in the UK? If No you got a work around?
So to save our voice that we can use to execute literally hundreds of voice commands on a $30 (whenever on sale) 3rd Gen Echo Dot, we can spend $160 plus shipping to get a Fliq Hub which is needed plus 3 buttons, each of which can execute 3 commands, for a grand total of 9 commands. I don't get it. Just my opinion, but I think Fliq needs a new marketing plan if these are going to be a successful product.
And of course, Home Assitant supports it because we DON'T want to rely on the Internet having to be available for IFTTT.
Question. Can't I do the same thing with a tuya compatible switch in smart life?
Paul it's possible to trigger routines as the people who made the notify me skill have a virtual button service to trigger Alexa routines via IFTTT
Only in countries where the Notify Skill is available. I'm not in one of them...
Good thinking! I need to check that out!! I want to see some direct integration though.
I guess it was my mistake that I bought this BEFORE alexa routines are available for it. I'm not holding my breath as it took them forever to come out with homekit and made it not work on the flic 1. So I'm guessing alexa routines will be available with the 3rd version of this product. PAUL please make a video for us plebs now that IFTTT is shit.
Seems counterintuitive... I hooked up a sensor to automate a switch through Alexa/IFTTT so I don’t have to flick a light switch and now I’m pushing a button to turn on or off the light... why? And it’s $30 dollars? Why?
So Amazon echo buttons not available in UK, Flic buttons not available in UK. perhaps its a pandemic thing. Really needed some for a disabled relative. (Amazon echo buttons would be better as easier to hit) Good tech for disabled is really hard to obtain. He's got the condoms, just needs the button now!
Shame there is no LightwaveRF services available for this 😔😔
Hey Paul, slightly off topic, assume you’ll be doing a video regarding the recent announcement about smart home tech standardisation across ‘all’ platforms? Love to hear your views on this.
I'm dubious. It sounds like a backdoor attempt by The Most Evil Corporation on Earth (Apple) to stick its foot into things and muck them up. There must be some child labor under contract currently idle with nothing to do as people flee the iEcosystem. I would love to be wrong about that though.
HomeKit support not yet enabled mate
Can you add govee light strip too
Hope they will show up on amazon germany soon because I want to get rid of my echo. Do not want to deal with import taxes.
What about the 20 or so buttons compatible with SmartThings? There are more than a few... That I'd argue have better functionality.
And they can trigger alexa routines if configured!
New subscriber here... Your movie/TV/meme clips are my favorite part of your videos. That is all.
❤️ Thanks man. I am a massive KOTH fan by the way!
Help me! How can i connect de FLIC 2 to my "audio Cue" app on android. I cant make it work
I can't decide if i want to take the chance on flic 2. I never got consistent reliability with the first round.
How on earth does your lady volunteer for such a sexist example! 🤣 You've got a keeper there to put up with your antics! 😜
There are cheaper buttons if you already have smartthings - the Xiaomi buttons are under half the price. Still doesn't stop this being a great video :)
New doorbell !
Just found your channel and love it already, subscribed and the bell is on!
Another excellent video Paul ! 1 idea and 1 comment: Do you mind to give a date or numerotate the videos with same titles (easier to follow e.g. a product update). Secondly, could you do an update about the broadlink rm pro + ?
The Phillips Hue spit was hilarious. One thing, shouldn't these apps just all control everything from your phone through one interface?
So basically a remote?
Can't remember seeing condoms on the list of integrations, bonus!
Hi, I have some bulbs from different brands, like hue , Lifx and Xiaomi Yeelights, do you know a button that can operate all of them ? or instead, a button that can run a google home routine ?
looking forward to hear from you
Is there a way to change the battery to help save money instead of buying a new one in 3 years? Thanks
Hello can you tell me if the button would work in the car as a trigger for ok google command but not just at home garage?😃
Love the zelda chest noise hahah nostalgia for the boys
I had a strange issue with one of these new buttons. It was registering misclicks (like hold clicks as single clicks, etc), but it eventually went away. Aside from that, has anyone tried changing the Flic 2 batteries yet? I can't simply apply pressure and twist them off like the original Flics...
Only thing i don't like, is trying to remember which Flic does what thing , if you had alot of them, as no way to mark what there doing....
There is :) flic.io/shop/flic-2-sticker-sheet
No referral links for their bigger kits eg the Pro pack? Would love to help you out...
If you leave the house with your mobile phone, why would your Mrs. want to make it rain condoms in your house? Asking for a friend.