Connecting our Smart Devices to Amazon Alexa and Google Home
Many of our smart devices work seamlessly with Amazon Alexa and Google Home. Below you will find a step by step process of how to connect your new device to your smart speaker so you can get the most out of it.
First we will show you how to connect your device to Amazon Alexa.
Please make sure that your Alexa app is connected to your Amazon Echo and both work together successfully on your Wi-Fi home network.
Log into your Alexa app and tap the bottom right corner.
Then tap “Skills & Games”.
Type “Brookstone Smart”, and then find the “Brookstone Smart” app
in the search results and tap it.
Then tap "Enable to Use".
Next you will enter your log in info for your Amazon Alexa account and press "Link Now".
Select the Brookstone Smart App and then tap "Link Now" again.
Press the "Authorize" button to link your accounts.
Once your accounts have been linked together, tap "Close" at the bottom.
On the next page, select "Discover Devices" and wait. This may take up to 45 seconds.
All of your devices that are linked to your Brookstone Smart App will be found. In this example, we have just 1 smart bulb connected.
Once you tap "Set Up Device" you can now control your device with the Alexa App and with your voice using your smart speaker.
Try these commands and see what happens by asking Alexa:
- Alexa, turn on the “Smart Bulb”
- Alexa, turn off the “Smart Bulb”
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Note: The device name is the one you give to the smart bulb in the “Brookstone Smart” App. Let’s name it “Living Room”.
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For example, now you can say:
- “Alexa, make the Living Room Blue”,
- “Alexa, make the Living Room White”, etc.
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Any device you connect to the Brookstone Smart App should automatically be added to Alexa. If it does not add automatically, ask Alexa to discover devices.
Now, we will show you how to connect your device to Google Home.
Please make sure that your Google Home App is connected to your smart speaker and both work together successfully on your Wi-Fi home network.
Download and open the Google Home App and log in with your Google account.
Once you are logged into your Google Home App,
press the (+) icon in the top left hand corner.
Select "Set up device" on the next page.
Then select "Works with Google".
Press the magnifying glass icon to type in the app you would like to link to your Google Home account.
Type in Brookstone Smart and select it below.
Then enter your log in info for your Brookstone Smart App and press "Link Now"
On the next page, select Brookstone Smart and tap "Link Now" again once it is highlighted.
Press the "Authorize" button to link your accounts.
All of your devices that are linked to your Brookstone Smart App will be found. In this example, we have just 1 smart bulb connected. Select the device and then tap "Next".
Then select the home your would like to assign the device to and press "Next".
Then select the room youwould like to assign the device to and press "Next".
You will now see the device on your home screen of your Google Home App. Press it to control it.
You will then see the control panel for that device. You will also be able to control your device with your voice using your Google enabled smart speaker.
Try these commands and see what happens by asking Google:
Just start by saying:
-“Hey Google, turn on the “Smart Plug”.
-“Hey Google, turn off the “Smart Plug”.
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Note: The device name is the one you give to the smart bulb in the “Brookstone Smart” App. Let’s name it “Living Room”.
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For example, now you can say:
-“Hey Google, make the Living Room Blue".
-“Hey Google, make the Living Room White", etc.
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Any device you connect to the Brookstone Smart App should automatically be added to the Google Home App.