Smart Home manual: I have tested the most common smart speakers. Learn more about Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri.
Contents
What can I find on this page?
Platform comparison
- Amazon Echo & Alexa vs. Google Assistant / Google Home
- What platform for the Smart Home?
- Smart Home Strategies: Amazon Echo /Alexa, Google Home /Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit and HomePod
- Comparison between Amazon Echo and Google Home
Using Amazon Echo and Alexa
General info:
- What is Amazon Alexa?
- The Amazon Echo manual
- Amazon Fire TV Manual
- IFTTT with Amazon Alexa
- Amazon Echo Commands
- Amazon Echo devices
All current articles on Amazon Alexa can be found here :
- Alexa Articles
Alexa devices:
- Echo or Echo Dot?
- Echo or Echo Plus?
- Amazon Echo 1st Generation
- Amazon Echo 2nd generation
- Amazon Echo Plus 1st generation
- Amazon Echo Plus 2nd generation
- Amazon Echo Show 1st generation
- Amazon Echo Show 2nd generation
- Amazon Echo Dot 1st generation
- Amazon Echo Dot 2nd generation
- Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation
- Amazon Echo Spot
- Amazon Echo Loop
- Amazon Echo Buds
- Amazon Echo Sub
Using Amazon Echo / Alexa :
- How to activate alexa routines
- How to set up Amazon Echo and Alexa
- Amazon Echo / Alexa Music:
- How to play Music with Amazon Echo
- Amazon Music / Spotify
- How to connect Amazon Music with Alexa
- How to connect Spotify with Alexa
- How to control Amazon Music
- Amazon Music: a review
- Amazon Music and spotify
- Audible
- Audible: how to connect Audible and Alexa
- Audible Test
- How to play Podcasts with Alexa
- How to play audio books with Alexa
- Sonos
- Connect and set up Sonos with Alexa
- Sonos Music Guide
- Setting up a multi room environment with Alexa
- With what streaming service does Alexa work?
- Connect and play Apple Music with Amazon Alexa
- Connect and play iTunes Music with Amazon Alexa (local music!)
- Connect Echo / Alexa with bluetooth devices
- Amazon Echo / Alexa television
- How to control the TV with Alexa
- How to use Fire TV with Alexa
- How play Netflix with Alexa
- amazon Echo / Alexa communication
- How to send SMS with Alexa
- How to call with Skype and Alexa
- Amazon Echo / Alexa configure routines
- Paying bills with Alexa
- Alexa configure response speed
- Configuring Alexa as default wizard on Android
- Alexa IFTTT
- How to block the alexa buying function
- Alexa privacy
- Alexa privacy
- Alexa delete recordings
- How to reset Amazon Echo devices
- How to turn off Amazon Echo devices
Alexa Smart Home and other devices:
- IKEA Smart Home blinds
- Amazon Echo / Alexa light
- Amazon Echo / Alexa: Hue, Lightify and IKEA Tradfri
- Amazon Echo / Alexa connect smart home lamps
- Amazon Echo / Alexa manage light lamps
- Amazon Echo / Alexa: Simulating the presence of incandescent lamps / deterring burglars
- Alexa Thermostats
- Amazon Echo /Alexa best thermostats (2018)
- Amazon Echo / Alexa best thermostats / heating controls
- Smart Home Security
- Connecting the Amazon Echo / Alexa Camera
- Amazon Echo / Alexa best surveillance cameras
- Amazon Echo / Alexa smart power plugs / sockets
- Amazon Echo & Alexa Controlling plugs
- Amazon Echo / Alexa best WLAN sockets
- Amazon Echo and Smart Watches
- FitBit 2 in overview
- Best sleeping tracker for Amazon Alexa
- Alexa Integration
- Alexa and HomeMatic
- Alexa and Apple HomeKit
Programming Amazon Alexa
General info:
- Alexa Programming Manual. Here also my contribution to the announcement
Program Alexa tipps:
- Technical overview Alexa
- Alexa Skills Basics of Development
- Alexa Skills: what are the types of skills?
- Alexa Skills: Node JS Tutorial for Alexa
- Alexa Skills : test
- Alexa Skills: the session attribute
- Alexa : Earning money with skills
Google Home
Google Home general info
- What is Google Home?
- The Google Home manual
- Google Chromecast manual
Using Google Home
- Google IFTTT Home
Apple HomeKit &HomePod
The basics of the Apple HomePod and HomeKit
- The Apple HomePod manual
use Apple HomePod & HomeKit
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