Amazon Echo & Alexa Routines 3.0 - Wait and Stop Actions
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- This video is about the additions to Amazon Echo & Alexa Routines. This is version 2.0 . You can now include Wait actions and Stop actions. With a wait, you can delay the following action. With stops you can stop music with a routine.
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Every time I am looking for a solution to my Alexa, I eventually land on one of your videos and finding the answer. I need to come straight to your page from now on and save myself time! Thank you. The Wait feature was exactly what I was after. I need the power to come on a smart plug, then wait a sec before the smart IR turns on the tv. Brilliant. You’ve been amazing as usual.
That is funny. I appreciate you watching and the very kind words. Have a great day.
I remember back in the 80's watchin' the back to the future II kitchen scene where she talked to the microwave to make a pizza or older marty would turn on certain things with his voice. I remember thinking shit, that would be cool to do those things in real life.. Forward 30 years later...Crazy
Hello Raider4life131, that is right. I had not thought about that until you mention it. I always think about the way in the future Star Trek stuff. It was a cool idea of having a computer that could control your house. Now we are starting to live in that future. I love all this cool stuff that is connecting together. What took us so long to make the vision of the 80's happen? :) I can't wait to see where we are 5 years from now. This stuff is moving fast now. Thanks for pointing out Back to the Future II. That is a fun throw back. Have a great day buddy.
@@CraigsTechTalk either those people writing those scripts were genius, or some tech geeks have worked awfully hard to make shit happen :) its amazing when you look back things in the 80's Star Trek.... here iis to beam me up scotty. Environmentally friendly and no more rush hour traffic
Yeah its becoming the norm.
"Where we going we don't need switches"
@@CraigsTechTalk Did you see the episode of star trek picard, the one with no2
Will I think he was called
His house had an Alexa v400 and he said something like Alexa shields up
Something like that lol
Its so now, well without the ability to vaporize the postman
Maybe Amazon's coding the skill as we speak ;-)
Thank you, you saved my day, definitely I’m using your idea for my routine to stop the music with everything else in the shop.
I really like your videos. You’re normal and energetic but not too much. Thanks for all your Alexa videos. I’ve learned lots
Hello Wanda, Thank you very much. That is so nice of you to say. I’m glad that you’re liking the videos and they’re providing value for you. I really appreciate the positive feedback. I’m especially glad that I come off as normal and with the right amount of energy. 😀👍🏻 Thanks for watching. Have a great day Wanda.
Love the idea of building routines but still need a way to continue music across devices, so you can start something in one room and carry on listening in another. Plus you need to be able to set and check timers/reminders across all devices - so you don't have to be in the same room that you set a timer or reminder to hear it. Maybe an option to say 'set a timer for 5 mins downstairs/everywhere'.
Sometimes I wonder if Amazon think about people with multiple Echoes...
Keep up the great work, Craig!
Hello Chris, Thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed the video. A lot of people, including myself, are looking for those features. Both are annoying limitations. With as many changes and updates that Amazon makes, I think it may come down more to the way they have created their devices. I don't know the specifics of how it works, but I think the connection process they have gone with is limited the functionality. I think they want all the devices to be connected at times, but also completely separate. That way multiple users can use multiple echos without any overlap. My theory is that they painted themselves into a corner with their architecture. I may be off, I just can't see them not implementing what seems so simple, unless they can't.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts. I do hope they figure it out. Those would probably be the two things I see the most comments on. Have a great weekend.
Hey Craig, was gutted to miss the live stream earlier 😣 Love this new update by Amazon, I like they keep making these incremental improvements regularly to increase its everyday usability 👍
Hello Gareth, you are too kind. It would be great to have you there, but understand when it is not possible. I appreciate you checking out the replay. Glad to hear that you are liking this update. It is great that they keep improving on features that could be left alone. They don't just move on. They tweak it and find away to make it better. Thank you for watching this video and leaving a comment. Have a great day.
Your videos are very useful, please continue them.
Hello Michael, thank you very much. I am glad that they are helpful for you. I have no plans to stop anytime soon. The Echo series is going to carry into next year, along with various tech videos. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
Thanks for the videos. I am using the wait and stop functions now. Keep the videos coming.
Hi Craig and thanks from the UK, I am 73 and my first Echo Dot was a god send as I am now disabled through some deliberating lung disease, (Asbestos?) but your video explained very clearly how to use the routine function, of which I was scared of touching, Electrics and mechanics are fine but technology Wow?????????? I have now subscribed to your channel and although you have different systems in the USA, it was a most informative description. Its December 2019 so wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and A happy New Year. I am now thinking ahead and maybe I will control my Lionel Trains with simple on/off functions?
Regards
Ernie
Awesome routines loved this series thanks for sharing
Hello Craig, you are welcome and thank you for watching the series. For over a year now, you have supported this channel. I really appreciate it. It is great to see how much this device has grown since then. Thanks brother. Be well.
Craig - Great video once again! I've learned so much about how to utilize my Alexa from your videos. Now for my question... Is Alexa able to turn on a specific radio station on TuneIn when I create a routine?
Craig,
Thanks for the information on “wait” while creating routines. One suggestion is to show moving the “wait” in front of the “off”. Your screen shot could be confusing without it. Very informative video. Thank you.
Hello Carol, you are welcome. Glad it was helpful. Thank you for suggestion and watching. Have a great day Carol.
Thank you. I did not know you could do so much with Alexa routines. When you set it to have music come on is there a way to set the volume level or is it only able to come on with the last volume setting? Also can you select music to come on all alexa devices or select several? I only seem to have the option to select one alexa device?
Also why do you call it the three lines at the top. Other Podcasters I listen to call it the hamburger. 😆
Excellent explanation about this functionality. Thank you very much Craig.
Hello Pablo, thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed it. I appreciate you watching and leaving a comment. Have a great weekend Pablo.
Not sure what I'd use stop for. But wait i use to turn off plugs on my surge protectors when my devices are charging. I find out how long they need to charge, then i set the timer to shut off the plug after that time. This is to keep my devices from overcharging and hopefully extend the life of the batteries. I also have a camera in my room. I tell Alexa to turn it off went I'm in my room, it is set to turn it back on in 1 hr after i tell it to turn off.
Hello Grant, those are great uses for the waits. I like those. Thank you for sharing them. Thanks for watching this video too. Have a great day.
Thanks for showing this. Question google home allows multiple similar trigger sentences to the same routine. Can Alexa do this?
Hello, you can't do any trigger sentences with the Echo unfortunately. The fact you can trigger a sentence is one of the best things the Google Home has over the echos. Thanks for watching.
Hi Craig, Nice video again. I already use the timer function (as in your example, on the ‘Good morning’ routine). Very usefull. Props for Amazon.
What I am missing, is a possibility to add a second Echo to an already playing Echo. (Yes, they already are in a group, so can play music together). In this case I would like to simultaniously combine them while one of them is already playing music.
Hello Ruud, thank you very much. That is great that you are putting the timer function into use. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find away to continue a song or playlist on a group once it has begun on another echo. It is a pain that you have to start a song over with a new request. I do hope they come up with an add function to music while it is playing. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
Craig what a great set of videos on the routines but can i pick your brains please. In our bedroom we have an Alexa Show 5 which is on my side of the bed and my wife has the Dot 3 on her side of the bed and we use them as alarm clocks as we get up at different times. I have set up on my Show 5 a routine thats turns on different lights around the house when i dismiss the alarm and then turns the lights off after an hour. The problem is when my wife tries to use the same routine on her Dot 5, nothing happens. Ideally we would like it to be so i can set up a routine for me, and a different routine for her. Do you have any suggestions.
Thanks for your help with the “wait” function. I commented with a question on your last video about routines, to turn off a light after a few minutes. And Shazam, now you can! Thanks for your Amazon Echo series. I have learned a lot.
Hello Michael, you are welcome. I remember you asking about that. Your comment and some others got me excited when I saw this one. I was thinking, this is perfect and what people are wanting. Thank you for the following up. You are welcome for the series. Thank you for watching it. I am glad it is help for you. I learn a lot too making it. Have a great day Michael.
I was not aware of the Wait Function. Thanks for sharing it.
You are welcome. Thanks for watching
Your videos are very useful You're really helping me because I'm giving help to friends in Israel about Alexa so congratulations to Crimimis for all the viewers from the Holy Land
Hello Silver Chantai, thank you very much. It makes me happy to know that I am able to help you and you are able to pass it along to others. That is very cool. I am glad to be able to do my part. Thank you for the well wishes to everyone from the Holy Land. Have a great day my friend.
Hi Craig! Which routines do you actually use in day to day life?
Hello Craig and Sakia, To be honest, I do not have any regular Echo routines that I do at the moment. My lights have all been programmed since summer of 2017 through the Philips Hue app. That was before I started this channel and was exposed to the Echos. The regular routines I have are at 5:30a 3 lights come on at 50% in my living room. They shut off automatically at 8:00am. At 3:30p one light comes on as the sun shifts and causes my living room to get a little dark. Then at sunset the rest of the lights in the living room come on and automatically shut off at 11pm. My thermostat is programmed to its schedule. My Ring doorbell does its thing. For my office, I have a Philips motion sensor that starts paying attention after 4pm. Then if I walk in the room after 4, the lights come on and stay on for 30 minutes. Most of the other functions in my office are done with voice.
I have not programmed any morning routines for my echos to avoid waking my wife up. I do wish I had a coffee maker that I could get to heat up when I get up. If I did not have the Hue bulbs already programmed, I would do the same thing through the echos now that they have the wait feature. I think there are viewers that seem to work the routine feature far more than I do. With working on videos, at times I feel like I am learning about new things more then implementing them. Thanks for the question and for watching this video. Have a great day.
Hi Craig. Another brilliant and informative video. Which, if any, devices can be used to trigger routines? Keith
Hello Keith, thank you very much. I appreciate that and am glad you liked it. You can use any of the echo devices to trigger routines. You can also pick what echo responds when you make a request. Thanks for checking it out Keith. Have a great day.
Craig - is it true that if you have a second Echo Dot, like I do, and you give that DOT a different wake name, such as Computer, you can't set up routines with that DOT because the wake name is not Alexa? Thanks!
Hi Craig,
Great tutorial. I also ran into the "no music before a wait" restriction. In my case I wanted a complex single routine that performed several actions 5 minutes apart... but wanted music playing during the whole routine
My only solution was a separate routine that started at the same time playing music
Hello Frank, thank you very much. It is weird that you can't put the music before a wait. I do hope they update that. Especially for uses like you described. It would be nice to have a more complex routine. Thank you for sharing you experience and for watching. Have a great day.
3 years later... still broken like this
great vid' but what i want to be able to do is delete the activity involved with a routine,seems i have to outright delete the routine to achieve this?
Hey, great job! This was the first video that I saw of yours , and it made me subscribe and hit the Bell button!
Hello Rick, Thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed the video enough to subscribe and hill the bell. That is great to hear. I hope you enjoy upcoming videos. Thank you for watching. Happy Holidays Rick.
Thanks for your videos. Do you have any suggestions regarding buying an Echo vs a 3rd gen Dot? I mostly want to play music for my dogs, when not home.
I would get the dot, sounds very good, its smaller, and you can get it for 25.00.
Hello Petgirl, You are welcome and thank you very much. I would suggest getting the third generation Dot. With holiday pricing it is such a great deal and sounds so good for size. You can buy two of them for the price of an echo. If you’re using a streaming music service that is supported you compare the two Dots up for stereo speakers or multi room audio so both Dots play the same thing. The 3rd gen dot is my choice for most bang for your buck device. I think your dogs would be happy with the sound of their music. I was really impressed with the volume it produced compared to the previous generation echo. Thank you for watching and for your question. I hope this helps. Have a great day.
Hello Ed, I agree it is a great little device at the price it is. I use it over my full-size echo now and relocated my regular echo to my daughters playroom. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Have a great day.
Thank you. Purchased 2 dots.
Hi Craig, I recently bought the 10" Echo show. It is a great product & responds to everything that I ask or need. One small problem, when I swipe down the screen to display Home, Alarms, Lights & More, Routines, then select Lights & More, whilst it displays all of the available lights together with the On/Off icons, the lights which are currently ON are not represented by the On icons being white. All On/Off icons are black. However, on my phone, the same display gives a clear indication of which lights are On & which ones are Off.
Kind regards, Paul Jones.
I noticed this also Paul, I guess it's because the Show is a Stationary unit ,usually close to the item your controaling,, it would be nice to have a glowing indicator on the bulb icon or the on/off switch,or to just indicate on or off on the switch icon.
Hello Paul, thank you for pointing this out. I had not tried using the lights Lights and More option on the home screen. I have only been using by voice. That is odd that there is not indicator if a light is on or off. There have been a lot of recent changes Amazon has made to the Echo Shows, Echos and the App. I am thinking this is an oversight. I am hoping that is so and they will fix it in a future. Update. Thank you for sharing this. Gad you hear that you are liking your Echo Show. It is a great device. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
After seeing this video I created a routine for “Good Night”. After reminding me what meds I am supposed to take it says “I will wait 1 minute before turning off your lights”. Then in 1 minute all the bedroom lights turn off. I figure this gives me time to take any pills I forgot to take.
Hello Debbie, I am sorry that I missed your comment. I am glad to hear that the routines are working well for you. That is great that they help serve as a reminder for your medication. That is a great use for it. Thank you for sharing that period it could help some others out who could use the same technique. Have a great day.
Hi I want to set up a routine to play one Amazon music station and not switch to any other music from 10am to 8pm. I used the routine under schedule to start at 10am. I used second routine under schedule to stop audio at 8p. That all worked but the Amazon Dot keeps stopping after a while or changes music. How can I fixed this?
Very helpful. Thank you!
Very informative video, thanks for highlighting these features I'll definitely have a go at implementing them. I'm actually searching for a way to stop alexa running a motion triggered routine (Lights on) whilst a scene is on in that same room as it overrides the scene and spoils the effect :( any ideas? 💡
Thank you very much. Unfortunately I think you have to dive into something like home assistant or Samsung smart things to get that kind of conditional routines. Unfortunately Alexa does not give you that kind of flexibility. The motion routine is going to trigger no matter what when it is active.
@@CraigsTechTalk Ah, thanks for your reply- adding it to Samsung's SmartThings was a great shout.. I have recently upgraded to the Z Fold3 so Scenes and Devices are neatly integrated into the drop down, meaning I can pretty effortlessly just toggle between what I want active there... Voice activation/deactivation for Alexa routines does need to happen though! Thinking of how to say thanks and best I can think of is by giving you a like & new suscriber 😃 Cheers 👍
Hey how you doing I just subscribed to your channel great channel... I just bought the Alexa Eco Dot second generation I'm assuming that's two more powerful than the third generation because it's obviously bigger... I was wondering if you know which Amazon told me they said the software would be updated to where it would be the same as the third generation... I was wondering how do you know if it has a software update is that through the Alexa app to I don't know how you would do it
Hello Jamie, I’m glad you found the channel. Thank you for subscribing. Here is a link to the most current software versions. www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201602210
You can tell what version of software you have by going into the Alexa app under device settings. If you do not have the most recent version listed here, you can get it to do an update. To do an update you have to mute the device, power it off for 30 seconds, powered on and leave it muted. Then leave it for up to two hours. It can take from 30 minutes to two hours to do an update. The echos usually update themselves when there is no activity. So leaving it muted gives it a chance to see there is no activity and look for an update. There is no app option to start an update. Once echos are updated with the latest software, all the generations have the same basic features. I do have a comparison video that shows the sound difference between the most recent dot, the previous and the standard echo. I hope this helps. Thank you for your question. Have a great day.
It is my understanding that the 3rd generation dot has far superior sound quality to the 2nd generation DOT though, and that's not just software - but that actual device itself has enhanced sound performance. It's currently on sale for like $25 or something - so definitely consider it if you like to listen to music on it as well. :) Happy Holidays!
Great video. I have a question. I have Echo dot and Lifx lights. Do you know how can I create a routine that turn on the lights effects? Like candles, strobe, etc.
Thanks
Hello Eric, thank you very much. I think your only way of doing that is if you can create a scene in the Lifx app. Then it should show up as a scene that could be triggered by a routine. I would have to try this on my Hue bulbs. Thank you for the question and for watching. Have a great day.
As usual great video. I don’t know if anyone has noticed this, but my routines don’t run the actions in order. In one routine I would turn Off all the lights in the house bases on groups. My daughter and son bedroom lights are in two of the groups. I would then turn on the bathroom light, and the kids lights. Sometimes the kids Lights would turn on, but then turn off. I assume the lights off actions ran last. I had to take the kids lights out of the groups so the would just turn on. I still want the kids lights in their respective groups, but can’t. This would make the stops and waits out of sync. Any ideas.
Hello Bradley, that is interesting. I had not heard about that. I wonder if there is a software bug with groups that might be updated with an app update. It is a pain, but the devices could be triggered individually. Not very convenient. I hope they fix it. I will have to look into this and try it. Thank you for sharing this and watching. Have a great day.
It would be good to have more triggers in the routines - like light switch or better security turning off triggers some lights on and vice versa.
Great video! I wonder if a routine can also be triggered by a smart device? E.g. the Philips Hue Starter set comes with a motion sensor. I would like the lights in my hallway to turn on when it "sees" anything. But say like 5 minutes after the last detected motion, i would like the lights to turn off. Could I do that with these routines?
Hello Krijn, I am glad that you enjoyed the video. Unfortunately you are not able to do that. I too have a motion sensor and would love to do that. When you choose what to start the routine with, you get scheduled, voice, device or echo button. The device for triggering that shows up is my front door ring video doorbell. Then it will trigger a routine with motion or a doorbell ring. Hopefully, other devices such as other cameras or motion sensors will be implemented. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
Can you make Alexa turn on devices in a sequence? Like one thing before another? Like "wait" but with one second or less pause
Would love to one routine stop another without disabling it. Of I add stop routine as a customized action, it disables . It appears the only way to stop another routine from within a routine is to use "pause" but Alexa rambles on about the paused routine instead of simply saying "ok."
Great video Craig, love the way your keeping us informed on new functions,,Alexa is really improving their programs and skills literly every day so far now I have the new Show 2nd gen ,original Show gen 1 , 2 Spots ,2 Dot's 2nd gen , Echo 2nd gen and 5 Dot's 3rd gen love them when I group music on them I also have the fire stick and the fire cube (they need to put Vudu movie app on it where I have around $2k in movies on) I was useing Roku and it had Vudu ,would really be nice not to have to use the (Movies Anywhere) app as a work around that doesnt have all my movies available.
Hello Edwin, thank you very much. I am glad that I can help. It is so nice that they do keep improving features every day. That is nice that you are up to 12 devices. Other than the Plus, you have them all covered. That is a nice collection of echos. I only watched the beginning of this video. But, apparently you can try opening up the developer options to work around downloading the Vudu app along with other apps. Maybe this will help you. ruclips.net/video/mmZZFP5jNk4/видео.html
Thank you for sharing your setup and for watching. have a great day.
I am looking for some Info I cant seem to find. If my echo is set to turn the lights on say at 6pm and off at 11pm. Which I have set up and all seems to be fine. But I was wondering, if I go on holiday, say to a different country how do I set the routine to run at the time it was originally set rather than the holiday country time. Do I need to change anything.
Hi Craig, love the videos, I’m trying to write a routine that will act as a panic alarm... I have created a group of all my light control modules, so I can “light up the house” inside and out. and I can send a text announcement notification “Get Out of my House, I have called the police” to all of my Dots... now I’m stuck trying to play an alert siren on all my Echo Dots... I found a siren on Amazon Music, added it to a playlist, and I can send it to one(1) Dot as part of the Routine, however I can’t seem to send it to my multi room speaker group made up of 7 Echo Dots ? Also I would like to force the volume to maximum on all devices. Any thoughts??
the wait time doesn't have seconds? how did they miss that important feature.
Hello Ken, I had not thought about that. That is a great point and should be there. That is a pretty big oversight. Thanks for pointing this out and for watching. Have a great day.
When turning lights on or off is there a way to voice set a timer.
So "Kitchen lights off in five minutes"
I guess we could set up a routine with a wait but it would be good to have a voice set timer like we have with alarms
From what I found there is still no way to ask for a smart device for a period of time. They have implemented asking for a specific time on music. Hopefully that means it is coming to smart devices.
I just bought an Echo Show 5 Gen 2 today and started looking at videos....I just have that , a smart tv and a smart thermostat,and echo dot but Wow, I think my brain just snapped. lol. Can i do things with my smart tv with the Amazon Show.?
If your tv supports Alexa or if there is an Alexa skill in the Alexa app for your TV.
I see the task turn off appears above turn on, how do you make it turns on, then wait, then turn off?
There is one thing I have requested via feedback on the Alexa App. The conditional settings. Routines to toggle a light. Turn it on IF it is off, or Turn it off IF it is on. Why this instead of creating two separate routines, one to turn it on and another to turn it off??? Well, using Amazon buttons to toggle lights ON and OFF. As of now, buttons can do one straight set of things, and Amazon buttons are greatly cheap, they use regular AAA batteries (not complicated hard-to-find batts). Just buy any Echo device, pair them and you are good to go! I got 2 buttons on Black Friday for $15, a steal!
Hello Marcus, it would be nice. to have the conditional IF setting. I like that idea. The addition of the Echo Buttons to routines is a cool option. It does offer a physical way of interacting that does not require your voice. I appreciate you sharing this for others too. They price is great for them right now. Thanks for watching Marcus. Have a great day.
You’re gonna have to go to 104 of these Alexa videos or you’ll have a revolt on your hands.
Hello Scott, That is funny. That is the plan now. I can't have a revolt on my hands. I do appreciate the subscribers that enjoy the series and want it to continue. I enjoy learning new things about the Echos and sharing that information. It is also a great challenge for me to keep trying to bring new stuff to the table. Thanks for watching the video and for supporting the series. I do appreciate it. Happy Holidays Scott.
Already got Wait in routines, but not Locations... (in UK)
Do echo devices update itself or do u have to tell it to??
First!! Lol. Great vid as usual. Definitely my amazon go to guru!
Hello Steve, thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words and being the Amazon guru. That is a position I never thought I would hold, but I love it. Thank you for watching and the support. I will try not. to let you down. Have a great day Steve.
I love my echo spot and Amazon cube. I learned some new commands with trial and error. You can say go home and they will go to home screen. Sometimes I can say select and whatever is highlighted it will open it. It's kind of glitchy though.
Hal Roberts why don’t u buy this as a gift for your friends and family
Hello Hal, glad to hear that you are enjoying your spot and cube. The echos and the Fire TV cube are solid devices. Learning the new commands can be a process at times. They do so much and can be very specific. Thanks for sharing and watching. Have a great day.
Hello What's up 44566 Golden, great suggestion. Also send those family members here to learn how to use them. Happy Holidays.
The timer doesn't work with the music. I've had to create a separate scheduling routine to turn on music and then turn it off.
HELP In a routine when you start a song that you want to loop (like a lullaby) for kids sleeping.I set timer for a period of time but how do i put that in loop mode without having to tell her specifically after I've started the routine
Hello Sam, I do not know of any ways to repeat a song. My suggestion would be to make a playlist that has the same song over and over. Then you can set a routine to play that playlist. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching. Have a great day.
is there a way to deactivate on routine from another? for example, if I had a routine to turn on a sprayer every day at a given time and I want to deactivate if while I am doing maintenance. Can I write a routine to not just stop the other routine, but deactivate it so it won't turn the sprayer on while I was doing my maintenance?
Unfortunately there is no way to do that. You have to go into the app and turn off a routine. Thanks for watching.
Love these very informative videos!
I recently spotted a huge bug that's Alexa wake word has a bug . Well that's means u can use the word "lexus" to wake up your Amazon echo dot .????
Hello Aabhash, that is a very interesting discovery that I experienced too after trying it. Thanks for sharing this for everyone. Have a great weekend.
brilliant.
Hello Rinesh, thank you. I am glad that you enjoyed the video. I appreciate you checking it out and leaving a comment. Have a great day.
Great video as always
Hello David, thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed it. I appreciate you saying that. Have a great day.
Hi I’m loving you Alexa videos I’m getting some great tips.
I’ve got this problem with my Alexa account where it keeps showimg multiples of each smart device I have every now and then and it’s driving me mad as my echoes keep then saying I have more than one device with that name 🥵
Can u please HELP 😅😎
Hello Tom, thank you very much. I am glad that you are enjoying it. I am sorry to hear that you are having multiples showing up. That is odd. I would suggest deleting each of the devices you are seeing multiples off. Then go to the plus sign and choose add a device. It should discover the devices again and hopefully show only one of each device. If that doesn't work, I would probably uninstall the app and reinstall. Maybe that would reset it. Hopefully one of those options would help. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
Like always very infomative :) Good to know!
Hello Splatterchef, thank you very much. I am glad you found it informative. That is great to hear. Thank you for checking it out. Have a great day.
Hello, what if I want Alexa to send me alerts if my door is open for lets say more than five minutes? Thanks
You could write a routine that is triggered by the sensor being left open. You may have to play with the timing if you are able to do it. You might have to add a wait step before the alert is sent.
Awesome video, once again Thanks
Hello Stuckinga, thank you very much. I am glad that you enjoyed it. It is great that Amazon keeps giving updates to make videos on. I hope you are doing well. Thanks for checking out the video. Have a great day.
Would be nice if they would add time of day functions like Sunset and Sunrise to control lights!!!
Hello hba8103, that would be nice if that was added. I am use to that with my Philip Hue bulbs and app. Thanks for watching. Happy Holidays.
@@CraigsTechTalk Yes I agree this would be nice. I assume it will come soon.
I've been having trouble with my lights all was good until now ... when I ask to turn on my lights it says kitchen doesn't support that. I have tried everything and all the basic resetting still does not work 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤔🤔🤔
Hello Roger, sorry to hear you are having trouble with your lights. What kind of lights are you using? Do your lights have their own app? Do the lights and/or app need updating. I found some smart plugs I have need a firmware update after the big Alexa app change and when they started introducing all these new features in October. I hope it something simple that can be figured out. Thanks for watching. have a great weekend.
Alexa needs these 6 major improvements to routines:
1) ability to use Alexa skills in routines
2) ability to set up multiple triggers. Both and/ or
3) ability to set questions in routines. If I say turn on Bedroom light, I should be able to have it ask me what brightness
4) ability to add timers to routines
5) ability to set the same keywords for different devices. I should be able to set 'turn on lights' to every room that has an Alexa device to turn on its lights
6) ability to have every device respond with the alexa says
If im playing music and want it to stop then i just say "Alexa, stop" and it goes off. This has been a feature since i got my echo ages ago
Hello David, yes the stop by voice has been a feature from the beginning. This video is about using stop in a routine. That way you can trigger multiple actions at the same time, including stopping music. This is a new feature that has not been possible until last week. It is nice to be able to say Alexa goodbye and it turns everything off including music. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. have a great day.
GEORGE JETTSON OF THE FUTURE IS HERE IN STEPS
I wish Alexa could tell the difference between me and my tv. It keeps reacting to my tv all the while.
hey
Hello Ashley, thank you for saying hi. I hope you are doing well. Thank you for checking out the video. Happy Holidays to you. Have a great day Ashley.
I can’t even get a routine to turn a light on and then turn it off at a set time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 and ur talking about it doing all these other things in one routine lol
give me a play everywhere with my plex sever :(
Sorry to hear that there is not one. Thank you for watching. Happy Holidays.
WHY CANT THEY ALL BE INTO ONE
Craig the beast