# Is the following possible.... Using Amazon alexa devices as local devices in Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 9, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607 "2024-02-09T13:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/1 "2024-02-09T13:58:26Z")
When Alexa is added to Homey is it then possible to use devices which are link to Alexa to use in Homey as-well? I am think about devices which itself are not compatible with homey but are compatible with Alexa. You link the device to Alexa and then you can control it via Alexa, but when you link Alexa to Homey can I then control that device also? This is not possible using Google Home, I read somewhere that it is possible via Alexa, is this true? So I can do this: IF flow triggers THEN **start/do something with a chosen Alexa device** ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/2 "2024-02-09T14:00:52Z")
> **[Amazon Alexa](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.amazon.alexa/Amazon-Alexa/)** > > Control your amazon devices from Homey. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/3 "2024-02-09T20:17:11Z")
> [@B3rt](#): > > and then you can control it via Alexa, but when you link Alexa to Homey can I then control that device also? > > _This is not possible using Google Home_ Old news I’m afraid. It’s possible to control GH devices and GH routines from Homey > [@Controlling devices at Google Home from Homey?](https://community.homey.app/t/controlling-devices-at-google-home-from-homey/73201/20): > > I ended up finding a better option. Essentially, use the device for kettle. And then a button with on/off will allow running Google automation with on and off ---
**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/4 "2024-02-10T19:41:57Z")
Ik weet niet waar jij die info vandaan haalt maar je kunt geen google devices vanuit Homey dircect aansturen. Je kunt bv niet zeggen bv: IF x, THEN: google home device merk X aan/uit/open/dicht/etc OF andersom IF google home device x is aan/uit-gezet/open/dicht/gewijzigd etc THEN: doe een homey commmando… Ja je kunt met ‘trucjes’ werken, zgn work a rounds werken, maar simpelweg direct een device wat wel in google home zit en niet in homey kan niet. En dat zou nu juist dus wel met Alexa kunnen as ik het goed begrijp… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/5 "2024-02-11T00:38:34Z")
Als je niet eens posts even leest, ga ik het verder ook niet toelichten 😘. Bij mij, en bij anderen kan het dus wel. Hebben een andere Google dan jij blijkbaar 😏🤭 ---
**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/6 "2024-02-11T13:17:59Z")
Ik had dat door gelezen maar heb niets kunnen ontdekken in het artikel dat er staat dat dit ‘native’ kan, dus zonder enige zgn trucjes etc, dat native is dus wat ik bedoelde. Je kan niet in Google home een device toevoegen en dat dit device geheel automatisch direct ook in Homey beschikbaar is en kan worden bediend (ala tuya cloud, hue bridge etc), nadat je Homey en Google aan elkaar gelinkt hebt. Als jij zegt dat dit wel kan dat staat dit niet in het artikel vermeld. OK er zullen wel manieren zijn om via trucjes etc dit op 1 of andere manier voor elkaar te krijgen, maar dat is dus niet wat ik vroeg… Dit laatste zou dus wel met Alexa kunnen, al heb ik daar, eerlijk gezegd, ook mijn twijfels over of dit kan… ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/7 "2024-02-11T13:21:46Z")
> [@B3rt](#): > > Dit laatste zou dus wel met Alexa kunnen, al heb ik daar, eerlijk gezegd, ook mijn twijfels over of dit kan… Are you saying that the Alexa app that I linked to can’t do that? ---
**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/8 "2024-02-11T13:49:06Z")
did no try it (yet), i have no amazon device/speaker/hub to try it on, but I am always a little bit suspicious if things actually do what I expect them to do. Often devices do not exactly what I expected them to do 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hugo/32/11530_2.png) [@Hugo](https://community.homey.app/u/Hugo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-the-following-possible-using-amazon-alexa-devices-as-local-devices-in-homey/103607/9 "2025-03-02T18:31:31Z")
When I read this it seems to me that it is possible but not without an Amazon Alexa smart speaker (Echo, Echo dot etc.) Please correct me if I am wrong.