Amazon Echo - Your Home, Your Assistant, Always Ready
DISCLAIMER: This still a very early test version and things might not work properly and you might experience crashes or unintended behaviors. I will try my best to fix any reported errors but using this app is at your own risk.
I just released a open source alternative to using your Amazon Echo devices with Homey as a test version to the Homey App Store. The app is built in such a way that all current and future Echo devices should be supported (as long as Amazon does not change their API). If your device icon does not show up correctly let me know, itâs most likely a unknown model identifier which I need to add.
Get Started
Simply install the app and login to your Amazon account via the settings. And then add your Echo devices.
Current Features
- Volume Control
- Playback Control - Play, Pause, Next, Previous, Shuffle, Repeat
- Speak - Whisper, Say, Announce
- Play Sounds
- Run Routines
- Ask a Text Command (= âAlexa, xxxâ)
I explicitly want to keep the app somewhat simple and not support every Alexa enabled device in existence, but just real Amazon Echo devices. Suggestions and Github PRs are still welcome.
Test Version - Since there is no stable version yet it might be unavailable in the store between new version updates while waiting for review by Athom. As an alternative install the app from the source code.
Github Repositiory
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