Create a holiday routine with Alexa to turn on lights, play music, and give festive greetings. You can customize your routine to include other smart home actions like closing blinds or adjusting ...

With Routines, Echo device users no longer have to give multiple commands to Alexa, such as “Alexa, turn off the living room lamp,” “Alexa, turn down the thermostat,” and “Alexa, set an alarm for 7 ...

You can make your holiday lights a little easier to manage by tying them to an Alexa voice command, which allows you to turn the lights on whenever you want with a quick phrase. It’s a great little ...

Routines will let you set up a whole range of actions and reactions based around anything you have that's compatible with the Alexa ecosystem. Routines will let you set up custom voice commands, ...

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If you're old enough to remember cartoons like The Jetsons, you probably remember a vision of the future where our lives are fully automated. All it takes are a few verbal commands, and your whole ...

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Setting up routines or automations is half the reason to get into smart hubs and assistants. Every major hub, from SmartThings to Alexa, lets you create routines, in which you use triggers to cause ...

Another option offers people with Cloud Cam or Logitech smart home camera subscriptions to set up routines linked to person notification. As such, Alexa might make an announcement or turn on a light ...

Deploying smart home technology is one of the more appealing promises of voice control systems like Alexa. It’s tempting (and maybe inevitable) to fall down a rabbit hole of complexity when you’re ...