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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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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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Alexa - Cancel regular weather notifications without the app
My sister who is registered blind, relies on her Amazon echo for many things. Recently she asked for a weather forecast and Alexa asked if she would like a regular weather update. She said yes but was ...
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How can tell Alexa to use a different sound level for Notifications
I have a Fibaro Home Automation system with multiple Alexa devices. When someone leaves any of the 3 garage doors open, I have Alexa automatically notify us between 8pm and 11pm, hourly that the ...
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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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What does this Amazon echo light indicator mean?
My echo keeps showing this indicator. It goes on for a long while, stops some time later, but then I notice it's happening again.
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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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How to setup “my” AC on Alexa?
So I setup Alexa with multiple smart home ACs, one in my room and another in the guest room. I’ve given the name as Guest Room AC for that, and mine is Mohsin’s AC. But when I come home and say “Alexa,...
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How to create Alexa behavior on Echo Dot that is an alarm sound (or text-to-speech) that continues until dismissed
I bought a YoLink water sensor (leak detector).
By following these steps, I was able to link it to my Alexa app and Echo Dot. Now, when water touches the sensor, Alexa sends a notification to my phone ...
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If device is on, turn it off (and vice versa) | Multi-Step Routines | Alexa
How to run an Alexa routine that checks the current status of a device, and changes it?
Example:
If LivingRoomLamp is on
Then turn off LivingRoomLamp
If LivingRoomLamp is off
Then turn on ...
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How to make Amazon Echo device to control devices in the same room with the same name?
I have two Amazon Echo devices installed in two rooms. I have created groups and added devices of the rooms to their respective groups. But I have some devices with the same name. For example, I have ...
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Alexa won't turn on/off my lamp anymore
I used to be able to say "Alexa, turn on my lamp" to get Alexa to turn on my room's smart lamp. However, sometime last week, this command stopped working. Now, when I try it, Alexa says &...
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Incorrect answer from Alexa
I asked "Alexa, what's the distance between San Francisco and Los Angeles?". Alexa replied "11,711.8 kilometers away", which is absolutely incorrect.
Why does this happen? Am I ...
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Playing No Agenda HD on Apple iTunes through Amazon Alexa
Periodically, I'll try to listen to a podcast with Alexa yet always get the same poor result. Until today.
Now, it plays something called "no agenda ep.5" from Apple iTunes. Which is ...
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