How to use Alexa Routines Flic buttons

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If you are looking to make your intelligent home even smarter, then using the FLIC buttons is an easy way to bring automation to the next level.

Whether you are using the original FLIC Smart Home buttons, FLIC 2 or even the Twist Fic Multitlay, add some smart contact points to your home can rationalize numerous processes with a minimum effort.

And the good news is that you are not limited to the functionality that allow the FLIC application and the official integrations.

You can also add FLIC buttons as intelligent starting devices within the Alexa application, and create automation based on the back of a click (or double click or retain).

In the video example (below) that FLIC has used, use a simple routine of intelligent speaker Alexa connected, but the routine can be as complex as you want.

You can add multiple actions to a single Alexa routine so that, for example, you can create a morning routine that, after clicking on the Flic button, read the news of an ECO program next to the bed, tells you what there is In his calendar, he turns smart security. System off and turn on an intelligent plug in the kitchen so that the coffee machine is turned on in action.

Guide: Building Great Alexa Smart Home Routines

Here we show you how to configure Flic within Alexa and customize them to adapt to their automation wishes …

What you will need

• FLIC button (s)
• Flic Hub (if you use multiple buttons or are integrated with devices that are not Bluetooth)
• Device enabled for Alexa (Echo, Echo Show, etc.)
• Alexa application
• Flic application

The short version

• Add the FLIC skill to its Alexa configuration and synchronization accounts
• Create Flic steps that include Alexa
• Discover FLIC triggers as ‘devices’ in Alexa
• Create routines with FLIC buttons like trigger

Once you have configured the trigger, you can always add actions to the routine at any time. This may include things such as controlling lights or plugs, adjusting your thermostat, touching a song or playlist, establishing a timer or an alarm … and much more.

There is no restriction on how complex a Alexa routine activated by FLIC can be.

Personalization ideas for Rlic and Alexa routines

• Use an FLIC button to control multiple devices at the same time; How to mitigate the lights, light your smart TV and play a movie through your fire TV, all with a press button.
• Place the FLIC buttons in key areas of your home (for example, tickets, next to your bed) for easy access to specific routines, such as turning off all the lights before bedtime or play your favorite morning playback list.
• Use different types of presses for different tasks, such as a single press to light the lights, double press to activate a security system and hold to play a relaxation routine.

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