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For questions about Amazon's Alexa voice recognition service. This includes questions about interfacing Alexa with other services, Alexa skills and how to create custom Alexa skills. Consider adding the [amazon-echo] tag when your question is more closely focused on the device at home.
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Register light bulbs with serial number in current Hue app
I have 2 bulbs with serial numbers but no barcodes. Registration in current HUE app is for QR code only.
Alexa app does not show registration option for additional bulbs in the DEVICES section.
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Queries regarding send data to adafruit.io rest api using http post using Alexa skills
I have a custom ESP8266 & Arduino based home automation system that is subscribed to a MQTT topic & turns on/off multiple relays or adjusts fan speed. The data format in that feed is for ...
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Alexa Error - ...a mode that doesn't accept requests
I frequently, but not always, get an error stating:
"DEVICE_NAME is in a mode that doesn't accept requests. Please change its mode in the app or on the device."
The device in question is a ...
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Access Echo devices from different users' apps
This is my first post, I hope I'm in the right place.
Oneliner: I need help setting up my fiancée's Alexa app to use my Echo device.
Details: We moved in together and I brought my Echo device with ...
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How to change the timezone for Alexa
I have shifted countries a few months ago. When I ask for the brief in the morning, it still gives the weather for my old city. I have changed the time zone in the Alexa app. I have changed the ...
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US smart plugs with UK Alexa?
I'm moving to the Philippines where they us US plugs. If I purchase US smart plugs will they work with my UK bought Alexa devices? Pop, echo, show
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Amazon thermostat not connecting to wifi
I have an Amazon Smart Thermostat and it will not connect to my WiFi. I have verified this by checking my router's app and seeing that the thermostat is not connected.
I have preformed a factory reset ...
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Alexa is trying to play a song when i ask for "time" (zeit)
I'm from Switzerland and I speak (Swiss)German. I often ask for the time "Alexa Zeit". Until now that worked perfectly.
Since a few days there's a song called "Zeit" on Spotify ...
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How to cancel Alexa follow-up texts about deleted reminder?
I asked Alexa to remind me about something in a few days. It started reminding me long before the reminder event. After the event I deleted the Reminder (in the android app).
But Alexa keeps texting ...
Clay Nichols
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Why is Alexa telling me to dial emergency services?
When I tell Alexa to be quiet, it often, but not always, responds with this.
https://youtu.be/DZssCjoTg-0
We have our wake word set to "computer" because Star Trek. As you can see from the ...
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How to tell Amazon Alexa not to suggest or announce movies to me
Alexa just flashed that I had a notification. When I asked what my notifications were, the device started telling me about a new Timothee Chalamet movie. I don't want the device to suggest movies to ...
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How to control smart bulbs using both the wall light switch and using voice?
I want to be able to turn my smart lights on by using Alexa and my voice and the wall switch. Example like I turn it off by voice and then be able to turn it on by the switch and vice versa
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Sengled Smart Plug with Echo dot
I bought a Sengled Smart Plug with Echo dot and I tried to connect them.
Alexa found the device and there is a set-up option. I click it and follow instructions.
It's finding the device, connecting, ...
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Send Alexa a command from another device?
I'm in the process of creating a Raspberry Pi-powered home automation system. I have a complicated node.js script running on the Pi, and I want to be able to send commands from the Pi to my Alexa (e.g....
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Possible reasons why my Alexa turns on the wrong light
We have multiple IoT devices at home. For this explanation, we're concerned about the bedroom lights and kitchen lights. I have two Alexa devices, the main one is in the kitchen (Echo Show) and the ...
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