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Originally Posted by Demingy
I've been on the fence about keeping my order for the Echo until I saw that they've added integration with Phillips Hue. Now I can't wait to get it (still shows estimated delivery June 1 - July 7!).
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Much like FireTV, Echo is a surprisingly flexible platform and becoming more so by the day. It turns out to be a trojan horse to ramp up Home Automation applications.
They not only added an SDK, they added this:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-...els-for-alexa/
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IFTTT is a simple way to make different devices or apps work together through what are called recipes.
Essentially, these are basic interactions you can create yourself with triggers or events and actions that should occur when a specific event happens. If I receive a direct message on Twitter, for example, I can have IFTTT send me an email message. The interface on the IFTTT site is fairly straightforward, with an almost plug-and-play approach.
But to get devices and apps talking to each other, IFTTT has to have a channel to support recipes that make the magic happen. It now has one for what it calls Amazon Alexa, or in other words, for the Amazon Echo.
As of now, you can connect the Amazon Alexa channel with 116 other channels. That means you have 116 new services an Echo can work with. Some example channels include Gmail, Evernote, ToDoist, Reminders on iOS and Belkin's WeMo products for the smart home. Using the latter, for example, you could control WeMo light switches by speaking to Amazon Echo.
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