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The following smart home automation articles will provide helpful tutorials and reviews of Alexa and SmartThings devices

More Reliable Virtual Presence Sensors - Revised DTH’s to Detect Departure and Arrival

In a previous article titled, “Use Mobile Phone as Presence Sensor in NEW SmartThings App”, video link, I provided details for setting up...

How to play any Mp3 file on your Amazon Echo device based on motion in your home

I had a little bit more trouble pairing these sensors to SmartThings than I have with other devices, but for the size and price of these...

Today I’ll show you how to have your Echo voice assistant announce the detection of smoke when your First Alert Z-Wave Smoke and Carbon...

SmartThings Exit Timer

Use the SmartThings TrendSetter Smart App to control a group of devices with a single Virtual Smart Switch!

Even though you are not able use the SmartThings App to view or control most WiFi or Bluetooth devices which are paired with Alexa,...

This easy SmartThings automation will help you automate Alexa Guard so that your Echo devices are automatically placed in guard mode when...

In my previous article "Use Mobile Phone as Presence Sensor in NEW SmartThings App" I explained how to setup your family’s mobile phones...

Learn how to create a virtual presence device handler that can be used to create an virtual presence switch for each family member's mobile