Being able to control.
Cheapest way to control lights with alexa.
You can get started with just a few smart light bulbs a smart light hub and your phone.
You can add on easily and cheaply.
Smart lights are a nice jumping off point for someone curious about smart home tech.
Amazon echo light control is also one of the easiest smart home upgrades you can make.
Tap the devices label in the lower right corner of the screen.
By replacing your existing lighting with new smart bulbs you can control them with either your smart phone or through alexa voice commands such as alexa turn off the lights.
That is exactly why you need to create light groups in the alexa app.
Launch the alexa app on your iphone or ipad.
Hub 2 dimmable switches.
Most of the time you want to control the group of lights instead of each light individually.
You can also control them from a smartphone great for when you are out longer than you thought you d be.
Who doesn t want to be able to control their lights with their voice.
However even the cheapest wi fi bulbs can be expensive so if you don t want to splash out on new lights you can instead buy smart switches that are compatible with alexa.
Scenes are the best you can group lights and dimmer settings.
Tap on the plus symbol at the top right of the screen tap on add group at the bottom of the screen.
I have around 10 different lights now set up with scenes.