How To Get Alexa To Lock Door

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How to get alexa to lock door.

First make sure that all your z wave or zigbee compatible locks are connected to your smart home hubs and set individual names for each door. Set up your amazon alexa device and download the amazon alexa mobile app for android or ios. This passcode need only be 4 digits and can be changed whenever you need it. You ll use your usual amazon account to login with this app.

Alexa lock the front door alexa is the back door locked when asking alexa to lock or check lock status you must use the name of your lock as it appears in your smartthings app i e. This means that you can say to your amazon echo speaker alexa lock the door and provided that your amazon and august devices are connected to the same wi fi network the door will lock. Front door for security reasons alexa cannot unlock locks. Alexa will then ask you for your voice code.

These names are what you ll use to trigger amazon alexa so us names that are easy to remember like front door or garage door. You can also still lock your doors using your voice and you don t need a voice code for that. The good news is that you can have alexa automatically do a check when you go off to bed and lock any of smart locks that you forgot to lock about. Of course this requires a smart lock that works with alexa.

But when i ask to run a routine that includes locking the door i get a message that routine was not activated because it contains locking or security devices unsupported by alexa. Connecting your smartthings or wink hub to alexa is easy. If you don t already have one they can be a worthwhile investment if you tend to forget to lock your door or just hate using physical. Say the code and your door should unlock.

Alexa can lock your doors and also tell you the status of your locks. In order to unlock your door using alexa all you would need to say is hey alexa unlock the front door at which point the voice assistant would respond by asking you for the passcode that you determined inside of your app. Download the smartthings mobile app for android or ios and create an account. Now all you have to say is alexa unlock the front door or whatever you named your smart lock.