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Quick Guide of Using Amazon Echo To Control Smart Devices: 1 .What You Need To Get Started

This document provides instructions for using an Amazon Echo device to control smart home devices linked to a Smart Life account. It outlines downloading the Smart Life app, adding devices to a Smart Life account, changing device names, setting up the Echo with the Alexa app, linking the Smart Life account to Echo, discovering devices, and controlling devices through voice commands or groups. The overall process allows users to integrate supported smart home devices with their Echo to enable voice control of devices like lights, plugs, switches, and more.

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Quick Guide of Using Amazon Echo To Control Smart Devices: 1 .What You Need To Get Started

This document provides instructions for using an Amazon Echo device to control smart home devices linked to a Smart Life account. It outlines downloading the Smart Life app, adding devices to a Smart Life account, changing device names, setting up the Echo with the Alexa app, linking the Smart Life account to Echo, discovering devices, and controlling devices through voice commands or groups. The overall process allows users to integrate supported smart home devices with their Echo to enable voice control of devices like lights, plugs, switches, and more.

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Quick Guide of Using Amazon Echo To Control

Smart Devices

1 .What you need to get started


Before using Echo to control your smart devices, make sure you meet the following
conditions.

Stable WiFi network which could access to Amazon server. (For mainland China users)
An Echo device, including Echo, Echo Tap, or Echo Dot.
An Amazon account. (If you don't have one，Click here to register）
Smart Life app (or client's app) and a related account.
Make sure there's at least one device under your Smart Life account, and the device's
name could be easily recognized by Echo (e.g., bedroom light).

2. Add smart devices in Smart Life app (or client's app)


You can skip this part if you've already add some devices to your Smart Life account, and
in the mean time the devices' name are easily recognized.

2.1 Download Smart Life app

You can scan the QR code below to download the Smart Life app.

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You can also search "Smart Life" in either App Store or Google Play to install the app.
iOS version download: App Store
Android version download: Google Play

2.2 Register a Smart life account


Open the Smart Life app, tap "Register", then register a Smart Life account.

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2.3 Add device

Sign in with the Smart Life account, tap + on the top right conner, then follow the instructions
to add device.

2.4 Change device's name

After you managed to add the device, get into the device panel, tap ··· on the top right
conner, then change device's name to a easily recognized word or phrase, like bedroom light.
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3. Set up Amazon Echo and enable Smart Life Skill


We suggest using web for configuration in mainland China since Alexa app is not
available here.

User can configure Echo through web or Alexa app.


Web configuration link：http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html
Download Alexa app：iOS version，Android version
In this manual, we take Alexa app as an example.

3.1 Set up Echo with Alexa app

You can skip this part if your Echo is already set up.

1. Make sure your Echo device is energized.


2. Make sure there's a stable WiFi network which could access to Amazon server. (For
mainland China users)
3. Open the Alexa app by tapping the app icon on your mobile device.

4. Type in your Amazon account and password, then tap Sign In .


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5. Tap the hamburger menu on the top left conner, select Settings , then tap Set up a
new device .

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6. Select your Echo model, choose a proper language, then tap Connect to Wi-Fi .
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7. Long press the dot button on the top of your Echo device until the orange light shows up,
then tap Continue . To let the phone automatically link Echo's hotspot, tap Allow .
When your phone is connected to Echo, tap Continue .

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8. Select a Wi-Fi to let Echo have the access to the internet. Type in the Wi-Fi password,
then tap Connect . Echo may take several minutes to connect the network.

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9. Tap Continue when Echo is connected to the network. After an introduction video, tap
Continue to finish the setup.
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3.2 Link Smart Life account to Echo

1. Tap Skills in the hamburger menu, then search "Smart Life". Select "Smart Life" and
tap Enable to enable the Smart Life Skill.

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2. You will be redirected to the account link page. Type in your Smart Life account and
password, don't forget to select the country/region where your account belongs to. Then
tap Link Now to link your Smart Life account. Be noted that the country/region, the
account, and the password must match with content in Step 2.2. When "Alexa has been
successfully linked with Smart Life" shows up, tap ✘ on the top right conner.
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4. Control your smart devices through Echo

4.1 Discover devices

Echo needs to discover your smart devices before it controls them. You can say "Alexa,
discover devices" to Echo. Echo will discover devices which have already been added in the
Smart Life app.
You can also tap Discover devices to discover the smart devices. Discovered devices will
be shown in the list.

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Note: every time you change the device's name on Smart Life app, Echo must re-discover
before you control them.
4.2 Control devices by voice commands

Now you can control your smart devices through Echo. You can use the following commands
to control your devices(e.g., bedroom light):

Alexa, turn on/off bedroom light.


Alexa, set bedroom light to 50 percent.
Alexa, brighten/increase bedroom light.
Alexa, dim/decrease bedroom light.

You can also set up groups in Alexa app. Tap Create group , give your group a name like
"my smart lights", select devices to add them in this group, then tap Save .

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Now you can control your devices by group. Try saying "Alexa, turn on my smart lights", all the
lights are turned on!

We also support light strips, smart plugs, smart switches, heaters, e.t.c.

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