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Originally Posted by Catlady
But it is stupid. Since I wanted to avoid voice commands because of their being long, annoying, and open to misinterpretation, why in the world would I look under voice commands for a routine? Sorry, but that's counterintuitive and, I repeat, stupid. Why doesn't the app at least indicate at the outset on the main Routines page that any routines can ALSO be accessed by pressing a button next to them? How is a user supposed to know that without being told?
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Ah. I got you. (It's a bit confusing even to me to keep straight when we're talking about the "voice command" that can activate the routine, versus the "voice command" that routine itself can execute as an action.)
Yes, you are right, Amazon is really down-playing the ability to manually activate a routine. Most automation tools have a clearly offered "manual activation" option, like an activation widget option as John F said, offered right at creation time along with the voice or other automatic activations.