It was promised earlier when Amazon originally launch Apple Music on native Alexa devices. It appears the feature is now available. This is great news for me, as we love our Sonos devices (6 currently) and hated having to use a different music service for them, from our phones. Definitely a plus to see Apple opening up it’s music services […]
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You should be able to use Alexa to mess with any Z-Wave device via a scene (worst case) on most HAC, but it’s great that SmartThings and Wink! users now have native support. Let us know in the comments if you’ve had a chance to play with this.
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I’ve quite pleased with how HA Bridge exposes Vera devices and scenes to my Amazon Alexa, so I’m a little conflicted about signing up. But, if you don’t have that setup, this is perfect for you. Join the Vera Beta Program for Amazon Alexa to experience Vera’s Native Skills Integration, supporting Climate, Lighting, and Scenes. Vera Control Beta Program
Read moreIf you have an Amazon Echo (or Echo Dot) you can now natively control your Logitech Harmony Smart Hub via a “Skill”. It is US only for the moment (suck), but I was able to have a brief play with it anyway (shhh). Overall, it’s nice that it’s there. But, lacks some of the flexibility avaiable with ha-bridge integration (e.g. […]
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