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Adding the LIFX Skill to your Alexa App

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How do I add the LIFX Skill to my Alexa App?

To add a skill, keep in mind you'll need to have a LIFX account to link your Amazon account to, so the first thing is to grab our LIFX app from the App Store (it's free and quick to set up an account with just an email address). You can now link these two accounts together by searching for the skill "LIFX: Optimized for Smart Home" in the 'skills' section of your Alexa app, or by asking Alexa to add a skill and saying the name. 

Want help setting up your lights through the LIFX app instead?
If you've realised you're missing something from the Simple Set-up steps, that's ok. We're here to help you with that too. 
Read this article on Set-up Success for first time users of LIFX. 

LIFX Optimized for Smart Home Skill 

First-time LIFX users will need to make sure they have an LIFX account. This is what you will link your Amazon account to when you add the skill, so the first thing to do is grab our LIFX app from the App Store (it's free and quick to set up an account with just an email address). You can now follow the steps below.

For existing LIFX users with one or more products connected to your LIFX account, you will want to check that your lights areconnected to your LIFX cloud account. This will allow your Amazon Echo / Alexa to find the lights you have already set up.

You can quickly check any lights are cloud connected through the app by: 

  1. Click on the name for a light ()
  2. Tap the 'more options' menu represented by three dots () in the top right of the Light Control screen (this is the screen with the colour or white wheel.)
  3. Go to 'Light Settings' in the bottom right
  4. Under 'Software' you will see the Cloud status. It should say 'connected'

 It will look like this:

 
If you don't wish to check the lights individually, you can simple go to cloud.lifx.com and sign in with your account details. This will show you any devices that are currently cloud connected.

 

Alexa Skill Set up steps:

  1. Open your Alexa app on your device
  2.  Tap the menu in the bottom right ("More")
  3.  Go to 'Skills and Games"
  4. Search for LIFX, and then choose LIFX Optimized for Smart Home skill and enable
  5. Sign in to your LIFX account when prompted using your username and password
  6. Click "Authorize"
  7.  You should now be able to discover your devices. The Alexa app will prompt you to help with this.
Your devices should now appear in your Alexa app. You can now group them and ensure they are set up the way you want to help get the most out of voice. The things you call your lights and rooms will be the relevant words to use in voice control so it is better to have things that are natural and relevant for you to remember, as well as groups that make sense for this.
Beyond devices, your Scenes from the LIFX app will carry over. You can check they are there by tapping SCENES. These scenes can be controlled by name, using Alexa.
 
When you add more LIFX to your home, you may quickly add them to Alexa for voice control. If they do not appear in your Alexa app, simply go to 'Devices' in the bottom menu and choose 'Discover'. Any new lights will be added to your devices for Alexa to control.
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