The perfect pairing for your smart home lighting setup using alexa is an echo speaker and lifx smart lights.
Alexa dim the lights.
I used to say dim living room lights to 50 and alexa would set the level to 50.
After my v2 upgrade though probably coincidental timing saying dim will actually send a relative command subtract the number from the current level.
Open the alexa app.
Use this guide to setup context aware lighting control with your amazon echo device.
Alexa make the front light purple alexa dim the living room alexa make the kitchen brighter how do i control groups of lights with alexa.
The lights on your echo device are how the device communicates its status.
Go to devices in the alexa app.
I could actually say anything as long as the keywords were there.
Tap the icon.
Saying brighten will.
Buying a connected bulb is the simplest way to get alexa to control your home lighting but.
Turn on the lights alexa knows where you are and what lights you want to turn on.
Alexa brighten room to 60 percent or alexa dim the room lights alexa room lights fifty or alexa room lights fifty percent you can also use this color list that will change the colors of the bulbs to matching colors alexa turn the lights tomato a nice shade of pink.
Alexa dim the lights to 50 percent change the color of the lights.
In many cases just ask alexa what does your light mean yellow.
Select your routine and then add action.
Open more and select routines.
Now your new light group will be available as a tile directly from the devices tab of the alexa app and you can ask alexa to turn on the lounge or whatever you decided to name your new group.
To brighten your lights slowly in the morning without your alarm sounding or to slowly dim them at night add the action to a routine.
First you re going to need some alexa devices which including smart bulbs such as philips hue or lifx connected plugs followed by smart home hubs thermostats and security cameras.
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Select control device and choose your dimmable light.
An alexa smart speaker has the power to control your lights plugs and other devices and it s so easy to set up.
A slowly pulsing yellow light means that a message or notification is waiting on your device or there s a reminder you missed.
Say what are my notifications.
This is the easiest way for you and your guests to use voice control of lights.
Speak naturally to alexa when controlling the lights in your smart home.
Dim the lights brighten the lights in the living room to 75 make my lights warmer make my lights cooler turn my kitchen lights green set the lights in the den to relax turn on read in the study the handiest hue commands for alexa are some of the simplest.