Alexa Echo Speaker App

Product Usage Instructions

Setting Up with Alexa:

1. Set up your Echo speaker using the Alexa App.
2. Enable Smart Life Skill in Alexa:
   1. Choose Skill in the option bar and search for Smart Life.
   2. Select Smart Life in the search results and click Enable Skill.
   3. Input your Smart Life App username and password.

Controlling Devices with Echo:

1. Discover Device:
   • Say “Echo (or Alexa), discover my devices” to find added devices from Smart Life App.
   • Alternatively, click “Discover devices” in the Alexa App to view successfully found devices.
2. Control Device by Voice:
   • Make sure device names are consistent with the Smart Life App.
   • You can group devices and give instructions to control them together.

Setting Up with Google Home:

1. Open Google Home App and navigate to More Settings.
2. Select Services and choose Smart Life to link your account.
3. Sign in with your Smart Life Account and link it to Google Assistant.
4. Once linked, smart devices will automatically appear for control.

Controlling Devices with Google Assistant:

1. Wake up Smart Life by saying “OK Google, talk to Smart Life.”
2. Control devices by giving instructions like “Turn on the [Device]” or “Turn off the [Device].”

IFTTT Setup and Usage:

Your IFTTT setup and usage instructions can be found in the product manual.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

This section describes how to bind smart speakers,

Set your Echo speaker by the Alexa APP

1. If you have finished installing “Smart Life” then open Amazon Alexa App: sign in your Alexa account and enter a password.
2. Click the menu on the left corner, click “Settings: choose “Set up a new device”(choose a device, like Echo).
   • Note: When the below page appears, long press the small dot on your Echo device until the light turns to yellow. Then Click Continue on the App

Note: at this moment, the mobile phone cannot open a variety of VPN software. Choose your own WiFi and wait for a few minutes. After an introduction video, click next step, it will enter Home page automatically. Now the Echo had connected to Wi-Fi successfully.

Enable Smart Life Skill in Alexa

• Step 1: Choose “Skill” in the option bar, and then search “SMART Life” in the input box.
• Step 2: Select Smart Life in the search results, and then click“Enable Skill”.
• Step 3: Then input the user name and password of Smart Life APP that you had previously registered.

Control the device by voice

After the above operation is successful, you can control the device via Echo.

1. Discover Device
   • Firstly, you need to say to the Echo: Echo (or Alexa), discover my devices.
   • Echo will start to find the device that is added in the Smart Life APP.
   • It will take about 20 seconds, then Echo will tell you the result. You can also click “Discover devices” in Alexa APP, then it will show the devices that have been found successfully.
2. Control Device by Voice
   • Note: The name of the device must be consistent with the addition of Smart Life APP.
   • You can also group the device and give instructions to control them together.
   • Note: Echo is one of the wake–up names,
   • which can be any of the three names (Settings) Alexa, Echo, Amazon.
3. Support Skill List
   • You can control the devices by instructions like these: Alexa(or Echo, turn on the Devices, Alexa(or Echo), turn off the Devices.

Google Assistant –Activate Smart Life in Google

Preparation

• Have downloaded the Google Home App, compatible with Android(4.2 or higher) or ISO(8.0 or higher)smartphones or tablets.
• Have registered your Google Account.
• Have paired the Device with the Smart Life App and named it with a recognizable name.
• Have finished setting up Google Home.
  • Step 1: Open Google Home App, tap( )on the upper left corner; select “More Settings: to enter the next interface.
  • Step 2: Choose “Services” in the options bar and select “Smart Life” to enter the next interface.
  • Step 3: Tap “ Link Account “, then sign into your smart Life Account.
  • Step 4: Tap “Link Now”, after your Smart Life account has linked to Google Assistant, the smart devices will automatically appear.

Command the Device through Your

Firstly, you need to say “OK Google, talk to Smart Life” to wake up the Smart Life. Then you can control the device by instructions like these: Turn on the/Turn off the

Note: After Smart Life has been woken up, you may say “Cancel “or “Stop” to exit Smart

Life or say “Nothing” when you hear “what can I do for you “. Then you can say “OK Google, talk to Smart Life” to start voice control.

Setup and Usage

IFTTT-Setup and Usage

Get Started: How to connect the product to IFTTT?

• Step 1: Visit the IFTTT official website on your PC and sign in with your IFTTT account.
  • Note: You can also use IFTTT app and follow similar steps to connect your device to the IFTTT. In the FAQ, we take the website setting method for example.
• Step 2: Search for “Smart Life”, and then click “Smart Life”  service
• Step 3: Click “Connect”, then log in your Smart Life ID and tap“Link Now”. (The Smart Life ID is the same with that of the Smart Life APP)
• Step 4: After successfully connecting your IFTTT account to your Smart Life ID.

FAQs

• Q: What are the compatibility requirements for the product?
  • A: The product is compatible with Android (4.2 or higher) or iOS (8.0 or higher) smartphones or tablets.
• Q: How do I control devices using voice commands?
  • A: You can control devices by voice commands through either Alexa or Google Assistant after setting up the respective integrations as per the instructions provided.
• Q: Can I group devices for simultaneous control?
  • A: Yes, you can group devices in the Smart Life App and give instructions to control them together using your preferred voice assistant.

Documents / Resources

Alexa Echo Speaker App [pdf] Owner's Manual Echo Speaker App, Speaker App, App

References

• User Manual