![]() ![]() With Harmony Activities, different actions and more than 270,000 devices can be combined to bring an entire scene to life. “We’ve been working closely with Amazon to deliver robust voice control of your smart home using a Harmony hub-based remote and an Alexa-enabled device - and if you don’t have Harmony yet, just say ‘Alexa, order a Harmony Hub’ and have one delivered.” “This new capability is both practical and fun for our users,” said Renee Niemi, general manager of the smart home business at Logitech. Harmony users can simply say “Alexa, turn on the TV,” or “Alexa, turn on Netflix” to control the TV as well as other entertainment and smart home devices, and Harmony makes it happen. When the skill is enabled on Amazon Echo or Amazon Echo Dot, you can start and stop Harmony Activities, control your entertainment devices, or even turn directly to your favorite channels, hands free, using only your voice. 25, 2016 - Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) announced a new Amazon Alexa skill that enables voice control of your entire living room entertainment experience using a Logitech Harmony Hub with Alexa-enabled devices such as the Amazon Echo or Echo Dot. New Skill Creates Novel Ways to Navigate your Smart Home with Harmony Now Amazon Alexa Can Control Your Entire Family Room Entertainment Experience with Logitech Harmony and will be available in the UK in the coming months, Logitech says. The Logitech Harmony Alexa skill will be available this week in the U.S. It’s partnerships like these that are helping Amazon set Alexa, the Dot, and Echo Dot apart from other platforms. The partnership between Amazon and Logitech brings more capability to Amazon’s already powerful Alexa platform. ![]() Those actions could be things like turning on HBO, lowering the blinds, and dimming the smart lights. For example, users can say “Alexa, turn on my evening activity” and Harmony will perform a series of actions that were previously defined by the user. Logitech says that more than 270,000 devices can be combined to bring a scene to life, as well. In a press release, Logitech says that a new Amazon Alexa skill allows users to “enable voice control of your entire living room entertainment experience using a Logitech Harmony Hub with Alexa-enabled devices.” Essentially what this means is that, when the skill is enable on an Echo or Echo Dot, users can say things like “Alexa, turn on the TV,” or “Alexa, turn on Netflix” to control their TV and other smart home devices. ![]()
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