# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Alexa - Control your Amazon devices from Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Created:** [January 31, 2019, 8:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356 "2019-01-31T08:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DaneedeKruyff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daneedekruyff/32/964_2.png) [@DaneedeKruyff](https://community.homey.app/u/DaneedeKruyff)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/21 "2019-01-26T14:57:42Z")
> [@Alexa TTS - info from Homey, spoken by Alexa](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/30): > > When owntracks presence tracks me leaving the office and its after 5pm and alexa Text to speech say ‘Jamie has left the office, with current traffic he will be home in 50 minutes’ , then play ride of the Valkyries on all devices. Shouldn’t you be getting into a Huey and fly home with that music? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Novatrust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/novatrust/32/4066_2.png) [@Novatrust](https://community.homey.app/u/Novatrust)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/22 "2019-01-26T15:31:20Z")
Amazing! I would love it ---
**Author:** ![JB2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jb2k/32/134070_2.png) [@JB2K](https://community.homey.app/u/JB2K)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/23 "2019-01-28T08:17:35Z")
Dude… did you survive aussie day ? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Akumu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/akumu/32/8812_2.png) [@Akumu](https://community.homey.app/u/Akumu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/24 "2019-01-28T11:00:40Z")
Wow, realy nice. Would be amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/25 "2019-01-28T23:35:04Z")
Survived, though Sunday was a pretty slow day. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/a/a57f1edd5257d58d8a50b35ed34d42e0d41c90ef.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_a/32/9579_2.png) [@Marc\_A](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_A)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/26 "2019-01-29T01:53:27Z")
when can we test a beta of your app ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/27 "2019-01-29T04:11:01Z")
Use a bit of a different process to Athom. 1. I will continue to do internal testing until I’m happy with the stablity in a controlled environment. 2. I’ll make the code publically available for other developers (or people who can do a CLI install) 3. There will be an alpha test group. 4. This will be followed by a open beta test group. 5. Then the stable release. 6. Finally there will be an omega group - to test new features with out ruining existing flows and devices prior to alpha/beta/stable 🙂 The app is currently almost feature complete next is stablity and performance. ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/28 "2019-01-29T06:28:34Z")
Reallo looking forward to it. For now I miss good integration with Alexa in general. Would be amazing if it worked like you describe! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/29 "2019-01-29T08:03:41Z")
And that is really the question isn’t it. Should I release the app as soon as possible with out many features so that people can use it asap, OR I should I ensure that it is a quality app that is feature rich and with out bugs? ---
**Author:** ![JB2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jb2k/32/134070_2.png) [@JB2K](https://community.homey.app/u/JB2K)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/30 "2019-01-29T08:22:51Z")
I’d like to play with it, buggy or not i can handle it But for your own sanity you should make a small group for beta testing, people that install it without knowing that it’s alpha expect a clean release without bugs and are going to come here and bomb this thread with questions My 2 cents ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_a/32/9579_2.png) [@Marc\_A](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_A)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/31 "2019-01-29T11:38:57Z")
when you need help by testing alpha/ beta/ omega version i will help you with my dot 2nd , dot 3rd , echo plus 2nd generation . ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_a/32/9579_2.png) [@Marc\_A](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_A)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/32 "2019-01-29T11:40:29Z")
i m , too , with enough testers we came faster to a stable release🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_A](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_a/32/9579_2.png) [@Marc\_A](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_A)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/33 "2019-01-29T11:42:16Z")
publish the code on github. so we can test it via cli install and give you response of what goes what not, and maybe sugegsstions for next versions. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/34 "2019-01-29T15:04:35Z")
Today’s update - all working 🙂 I’m a pretty hard person to impress but this is very very cool, tomorrow night I’ll make them into flows. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/3/30786903d20c048c4b44c11b259d4b56953c7b08.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/35 "2019-01-29T15:16:22Z")
It’s getting very fast to add new features now : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/0/0419f30338ec95360791192cccadb302b1a8c3f2.jpeg) _can set the volume - currently updates to to volume on the device not reflected in the app - ie it’s one way_ ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/36 "2019-01-29T15:18:42Z")
The fact that you think like that speaks for you good sir. I think it is a balance between saying “it works, but it is beta and there are things missing” it works okay… And a lot is missing(alpha)"" and it is done" I wouldn’t mind to test with beta and alpha, cause I’m aware what it means… But looking around in the forums, some people aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/37 "2019-01-29T15:20:08Z")
Would it be possible to “read” the alarm I set on my echo and use that time - 30 minutes to start the wake up light on my hue? They added that for Google home… But somehow not for Alexa. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/38 "2019-01-29T15:30:16Z")
Its possible to read notifications, (which include timers and alarms) HOWEVER, I don’t think that you will be doing what you want, though I could be wrong. Thinking it through, hypotetically. I guess a card could be created to ‘get time of next alarm’ create a count down timer - 30min from it or something, once again though you would still need a trigger - ie at 4am. _Shrug - Maybe_ - Ive messed about with setting the alexa device alarm volume from Homey not sure when (if ever) some of these features will get added though ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/39 "2019-01-29T16:47:19Z")
if you have a card that could fetch the alarm time, I could create a logistic value like (time - 30)= “new alarm time”" . And use that variable “new alarm time” to trigger my ‘wakeup flow’ which now starts as soon as IFTTT sends the signal to homey ‘hey, the alarm went off’… but yeah… shrug :). we will see. What you are doing is gold already ---
**Author:** ![JamesHiscott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JamesHiscott](https://community.homey.app/u/JamesHiscott)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356/40 "2019-01-29T16:57:53Z")
Wow! super speedy work, thanks @Jamie. Time to order my Homey [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-alexa-control-your-amazon-devices-from-homey/8356.md?page=3)