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Originally Posted by OtinG
That doesn't seem to prevent other Echo devices from also controlling that Group. I added my "Bathroom Dot2" to my Group "Bathroom" which also includes "Bedroom Lamp" and "Bath Light" but the Group "Bathroom" can still be controlled by all of my Echo devices, not just the one named "Bathroom Dot2."
I also noticed that I could only add one Echo to the Group "Bathroom." That might be because I only had that one Echo device not already assigned to another Group, or perhaps only one Echo device can be assigned to any Group. I'm not sure which is the case. At any rate, Groups don't limit which Echo devices control them at least in my case, unless there is another setting somewhere that I'm not setting properly.
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I believe only one Echo can be in a group, and I'm sure that an Echo can only be in one group.
With "lights," yes, other echo's can control them, by using the group name or by the device names, but not by saying "lights." Saying "turn on the lights" will make that echo turn on the light-type devices in the group it's assigned to.
So if I say "turn on the lights" while I'm in the kitchen, then the kitchen lights turn on. If I say "turn on the lights" while I'm in the bedroom, the bedroom lights come on. If I want to turn on the kitchen lights from the bedroom, I can say "turn on the kitchen."
I just don't know if there's anyway to use this local awareness with anything other than the "lights" keyword.
ApK