Amazon has been surprising us lately with how quickly they send out upgrades to their excellent Amazon Echo product. It seems like every other week they come out with some new functionality that makes "Alexa" just that much more useful.
Today's Amazon Echo upgrade really raises the bar to unprecedented levels. Amazon announced that their Echo product is now compatible with a number of connected home products from both WeMo and Phillips Hue. This means that you can now use the Echo to turn lights on and off throughout your home, activate devices on connected outlets and more!
Here are some links below for you guys to order the WeMo and/or Hue products to get started with voice activated home controls on the Amazon Echo right away! One more thing... our links below go to discounted versions of these products and are the only devices currently compatible with the Amazon Echo, so be sure to use these and send them to your friends.
- WeMo: Switch, Insight Switch, and Light Switch
- Hue: A19, Lux, BR30, Bloom, and LightStrip lights