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Old 05-05-2021, 11:01 AM   #4424
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
You can create a routine that executes any voice command as if it were spoken. That's the "custom action." You type in there what you would say for a voice command.

Any routine you set up, whether it uses voice commands or anything else, can ALSO be activated by pressing the play button by the routine name in the Alexa app.
Getting to that screen to press the button is what I assume he meant by "although it may be tedious to get the routine."

So if you can do it with a voice command, you can create a routine that does that same voice command, and activate it with a touch.

By the way, being able to do stuff like turn off lights (and, by extension, set sleep timers) from bed by voice command is THE killer app for Alexa in my house. You really should try to improve your speaking relationship with Alexa!
What APK said, and see post 4411. If you have a fire tablet, you can also get to routines from the lock screen.
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