Amazon Echo dot

[hans65]

Hi,

I'm new here and I was wondering, is it possible to use a sonoff 20 with ESPEasy firmware with a Amazon echo dot? I've flashed it but I can't see it on the Echo dot app

Thanks

Hans

[grovkillen]

Nothing on the wiki is indicating that ESPEasy is Echo Dot compatible... Why do you expect that?

[hans65]

I could actually emulate a Wemo Switch with some firmware and was thinking, there is also a device like this to emulate with this firmware. I would only need a smart home device.

[Shardan]

For short:
At this time there is no support for Alexa, Siri & co.

Well, no direct support.
It might be possible to use a home controller like domoticz or fhem for that.
The FHEM server has a developing support for alexa at least, other systems might have too, i don't know.

[AndrewJ]

For short:
At this time there is no support for Alexa, Siri & co.

Well, no direct support.
It might be possible to use a home controller like domoticz or fhem for that.
The FHEM server has a developing support for alexa at least, other systems might have too, i don't know.

Also other home controller systems are developing links to this (and equivalent voice controls such as Google). Examples which I'm aware of include Home Assistant and OpenHAB, and I dare say there are others too. Though I know nothing more than that (yet!) as I haven't tried any of the voice systems. I have Home Assistant in use, but not any voice system connected to it.

There's a considerable amount of processing to be done in this, so a "central" system with some power (Raspberry Pi at the very least) seems the place for it, with communication to and from individual node devices such as ESP's which have far less processing power.

The ability to connect direct to Alexa etc could be a good (future) development of ESPEasy/uPyEasy to keep it/them up in the forefront of home automation systems, as there seems to be currently an upsurge in interest in voice control. Easy connection (ideally the ability to be "discovered" by such a system) would be a bonus, but I've no idea how much effort it would take.