Getting Smart Life Bulbs Working With Alexa
I started my smart home with a couple of Hue bulbs (and a hub) on the nightstand, and they've worked relatively flawlessly ever since. I especially liked when they added the "what should we do when there's a power failure" option so they didn't come on 100% in the middle of the night!
But these days they're practically giving away mini switches and bulbs and I tend to pick them up figuring I'll find somewhere to use them. Some have been Tuya and some SmartLife and I think I finally figured out that those are basically the same app. So I've just started using SmartLife all the time.
Recently I added both a simple mini switch, and a smart bulb, to my back room. (I like the Teckin stuff.) Both wanted to use Smart Life. Both are discovered and work from the app just fine. But Alexa? Not so much. No amount of discovering new devices would show me anything. I know I have the Smart Life skill installed on Alexa and it is working, because I have another b…
But these days they're practically giving away mini switches and bulbs and I tend to pick them up figuring I'll find somewhere to use them. Some have been Tuya and some SmartLife and I think I finally figured out that those are basically the same app. So I've just started using SmartLife all the time.
Recently I added both a simple mini switch, and a smart bulb, to my back room. (I like the Teckin stuff.) Both wanted to use Smart Life. Both are discovered and work from the app just fine. But Alexa? Not so much. No amount of discovering new devices would show me anything. I know I have the Smart Life skill installed on Alexa and it is working, because I have another b…