We are working on the smart home skill coming soon so that you ll be able to say alexa open my garage door.
Garage door open that work with alexa home echo.
Unfortunately if you are apple user it lacks the support of having homekit and siri to open or close your garage door.
Go to the smart home option and then the control scene option to select one of the commands you created within the simplecommand app.
Now just say alexa trigger garage door the door should open or close and you have won the internet.
Aladdin connect works with just ask alexa as a custom skill at the time there wasn t a smart home skill for the garage.
More details to soon come.
This is why it requires the ask aladdin connect.
After enabling our alexa smart home skill kloee for sc create two routines in simplecommands.
The trigger word is required for ifttt recipes.
Use smart garage door controllers to close the garage door at a certain time each day.
The nexx garage is the best smart garage door opener for alexa users but it works with google home too so you can open or close the door using voice commands.
Now go impress all your friends.
However setup is a little.
Keep in mind you must say the phrase alexa trigger garage door.
A smart garage door opener is a great addition to a welcome home scene that opens your garage door unlocks the front door and turns on interior and exterior lights.
It has most of the same features as the chamberlain myq garage door opener but it actually works with google assistant and alexa to open and close your garage door.
Forget clunky door openers your phone becomes your controller.
I m going to try creating a profile in echosistant called the garage then if i assign the name door to the garage door perhaps alexa tell the garage to open the door will work.
Now it is just a matter of saying something like alexa open garage door without the extra start statement.
One with an open garage door action and one with a close garage door action triggers are not required.
Having to say alexa tell smartthings to open the garage door isn t very natural.
After this run discovery in the alexa app or ask alexa to discover devices.