How To Set Up Smart Lights With Alexa

Open the alexa app on your phone turn on the light and wait a few seconds.

How to set up smart lights with alexa.

Launch the alexa app on your iphone or ipad. Before you can turn a light on you must install and set up your light bulb plug or switch. It will appear as a light bulb icon with the name assigned during the initial setup. Tap the menu icon in the top left corner of the screen.

Scroll down to find the smart light you want to connect. One of the key things i learned is that setting up and organizing your smart lights will take some time messing around in a software app of some sort and right now the alexa app on both android. Once your smart lights are connected to your home wi fi follow the manufacturer s instructions you re ready to connect your lights with your echo so that you can ask alexa to control them. Group light bulbs in one lamp or group all the lights in a room.

Touch the name of the light to complete the configuration. Tap on devices at the bottom right. Use guided discovery to connect a smart home device to connect a smart home device using guided discovery in the alexa app. To connect a smart switch to alexa you must first install the switch.

The smart home groups feature in the alexa app is perfect for making your voice lighting control even better. Control multiple lights with one voice command with alexa. From the menu select the add device. Select the type of smart home device you want to connect.

At the top of the devices screen there are some. Do this by opening the alexa app and following these steps. It looks like three lines. Set up alexa groups from within the smart home menu of the amazon alexa smartphone app you can add any device into a single group which can be controlled by voice.

Tap the devices tab at the lower right corner of your screen.