How To Get Alexa To Lock Door

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How to get alexa to lock door.

A smart lock that works with smartthings check out our supported locks here 1. Of course this requires a smart lock that works with alexa. My lock is a yale yrd210. You can also still lock your doors using your voice and you don t need a voice code for that.

Now all you have to say is alexa unlock the front door or whatever you named your smart lock. Say the code and your door should unlock. In order to unlock your door using alexa all you would need to say is hey alexa unlock the front door at which point the voice assistant would respond by asking you for the passcode that you determined inside of your app. This passcode need only be 4 digits and can be changed whenever you need it.

Alexa can lock your doors and also tell you the status of your locks. Set up your amazon alexa device and download the amazon alexa mobile app for android or ios. Download the smartthings mobile app for android or ios and create an account. The good news is that you can have alexa automatically do a check when you go off to bed and lock any of smart locks that you forgot to lock about.

Just give alexa voice commands like the following examples. If you don t already have one they can be a worthwhile investment if you tend to forget to lock your door or just hate using physical. Alexa lock the front door alexa is the back door locked when asking alexa to lock or check lock status you must use the name of your lock as it appears in your smartthings app i e. But when i ask to run a routine that includes locking the door i get a message that routine was not activated because it contains locking or security devices unsupported by alexa.

Alexa will then ask you for your voice code. Connecting your smartthings or wink hub to alexa is easy. I understand not allowing alexa to unlock a door but when i ask alexa to lock the front door there is no problem and it locks. Front door for security reasons alexa cannot unlock locks.