There are now many brands of smart light bulbs and as a result setup procedures may differ from brand to brand.
How do you turn off lights with alexa.
The process of turning off the microphone is very similar.
The little cousin to the echo the amazon echo dot is a short smart speaker is a streamlined version of the bigger echo.
Here s some ideas to get you started.
Now let s see how to turn off alexa by turning off its microphone.
When you do step 1 both that button as well as the indicator ring running around the outside of the device will glow red.
The perfect pairing for your smart home lighting setup using alexa is an echo speaker and lifx smart lights.
Alexa lights on alexa lights off alexa dim main lights to 50 set the light to blue set the light to soft white make the light warmer cooler alexa set the temperature to 21.
Now your new light group will be available as a tile directly from the devices tab of the alexa app and you can ask alexa to turn on the lounge or whatever you decided to name your new group.
Alexa knows what lights to turn on based on the amazon echo device you are asking.
Alexa can turn on the exact lights you want just by saying turn on the lights.
If you find the light rings on your amazon echo distracting you can now easily turn them off following the instructions above.
Ok so let s start with getting rid of those yellow rings.
Once the correct night light skill is enabled all you have to do to use it is say alexa open night light the light ring pulse between cyan and royal blue for several minutes.
So you have your home lighting cameras plugs and more set up with alexa and your scenes and groups too.
With inexpensive hardware you can get alexa to turn individual or groups of lights on and off and by using routines you can make them turn on automatically at set times.
Alexa can turn on the exact lights you want just by saying turn on the lights.
Lt s great to have a light bulb that you can ask alexa to turn on and off.
You don t have to specify the light that you want to turn on.
The amazon echo dot has a single button you can push to turn off the microphone and also get alexa to stop listening.
Here is how to do it.
This is super easy to setup.
How to turn off yellow ring notifications on echo.
Select do not disturb and enable it.
Choose your amazon echo from the list of devices.
If you just want to know what it is ask alexa on your echo if you have any.
Click on the microphone button on the bottom of the alexa device.
Turning off the microphone.