Lt s great to have a light bulb that you can ask alexa to turn on and off.
Program alexa to turn on lights.
Alexa turn on the lights.
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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.
What is context aware lighting with alexa.
Buying a connected bulb is the simplest way to get alexa to control your home lighting but.
If you are in the bedroom then alexa turns on your bedroom lamps.
If you are in the kitchen then alexa turns on the kitchen table light.
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.
Alexa turn on name of light if your light or switch supports dimming or changing colours you can also say.
There are now many brands of smart light bulbs and as a result setup procedures may differ from brand to brand.
The perfect pairing for your smart home lighting setup using alexa is an echo speaker and lifx smart lights.