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Exceptionally smart: Control your home appliances with Home Connect and Alexa

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Too much on your mind? Let Amazon Alexa and Home Connect do some of that thinking for you, while you take care of personally important things. Home Connect lets you effortlessly control connected home appliances via Amazon devices such as Echo and Echo Show. Depending on the available skills, you can communicate with Alexa via voice and use the display for the interaction with your connected appliances. Start programs, change appliance settings, receive status updates and notifications or create individual routines.

Compatible with the following appliance categories

When you talk, she hears you. Communicating directly with Alexa

Amazon Alexa is the voice service from Amazon which can call up information and control numerous appliances (including those with Home Connect) via voice. It is based on Skills which help to make voice interaction more intuitive, and make your life as simple as possible. You can use your voice for easy interaction with your connected appliances at home. From simple dialogues to personalised interactions, Alexa will listen to your needs and try her best to simplify your household work. For help with setting up your Amazon Alexa with Home Connect appliances, visit our Support Page.

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Need support in your daily life? Ask Alexa to assist you

Home Connect Skills enable Alexa to communicate directly with your connected home appliances.

Would you like to turn on the coffee machine and enjoy your favorite coffee? Just say: “ Alexa, tell my coffee machine to turn on ” and follow it up with: " Alexa, tell my coffee machine I want a large, strong Cappuccino ."

Trying to find a quiet moment at home? Alexa can help you out. If you want to reduce the noise level of the running dishwasher program to, say, a minimum for 30 minutes, just say: " Alexa, ask my dishwasher to start silence on demand " and enjoy your peaceful afternoon.

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Want to know what is going on in your home?

Alexa will find out for you. Ask: “ Alexa, ask my washer for the status

and she’ll let you know how long the washing machine in the basement has been running for. Need to know when it will finish? “ Alexa, ask my washer when the laundry will be done.

Just a few words and you are all caught up.

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The best way to prepare a lasagne in your oven? Alexa can help

What temperature? Direct heat or steam? When it comes to oven settings, it sometimes might be hard to figure out what and when would work best. Fortunately, Amazon Alexa is always there to help you, whether it’s your next culinary masterpiece or a quick and simple supper. Ask Alexa how to prepare fresh lasagne, and she’ll recommend the best settings for your oven. And she may start it too – just ask her.

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Running low on dishwasher tabs? Alexa’s already on it

No more unexpected trips to the supermarket with Smart Reordering from Alexa. Once Alexa detects the number of dishwasher tabs has dropped below the limit, she can automatically reorder new tabs for you. Alexa can also send you reminders via email, voice or push notification when it's time to refill. At this point, Alexa will ask you whether you’d like to add it to your cart. Once you agree, you can review the details and complete the purchase at your convenience. Simple, but effective.

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Keep on track with Amazon Alexa Routines.

Thanks to Home Connect and Amazon Alexa, your smart appliances interact with one another and become combined into customisable routines. They open up new possibilities for you smart home allowing you to automate multiple tasks using a single trigger. Triggers can be anything from voice, schedule, location, device to alarm - which can be set up from the Alexa Skills store.

Personalised routines can be created for any type of event - the only limit is your ingenuity. See our step-by-step instructions on how to set up your routines in our Support Page.

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Amazon Alexa Downloads & Skills

Voice controlling your appliances with Alexa is now easier than ever. Install the Amazon Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet, selected your appliance and you will be guided through the process.

Follow the links below to visit the Amazon Skills Store to get the skills set up for your appliances.

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