Hereinafter Alexa routines can be shared with other users. This is something important, because with a simple link you will be able to copy those that other users have previously created and could be useful in your day to day. The downside is that for now it is only available to users in the United States, but you are still interested in knowing how it works when it arrives in your country.
Share and discover new Alexa routines
Today, Alexa routines offer many possibilities to users who bet on Amazon's voice assistant and there is practically one for each manufacturer. For example, there is for Philips and its Hue and even for control the interesting Xiaomi home automation products. Well, just by using a voice command you can activate, for example, the lights in the living room, start your favorite music or turn on the television to watch a movie. Here the limits are set by your imagination and, logically, some shortcomings in terms of integration of certain devices. But in general lines they give a lot of play.
Well, now Amazon has announced through its official blog that routines can be shared. This is very interesting and surely they serve to enhance its use in a similar way to what happened with the iOS shortcuts. If many users had had to see how to perform different actions, surely they would never have dedicated the necessary time to achieve it. However, with a simple link they can be downloaded and installed.
Amazon has done something similar, the company has started to allow via a link these routines can be opened directly in the Alexa app and added if they interest you. What's more, when clicking on them, when the Alexa app starts, certain additional options are given through some yellow text fields that you can modify by adding which smart light you want to add or similar things.
The "problem" is that for the moment this option to share routines It is only available for users in the United States.. If right now you access one of these URLs, the Alexa app on your smartphone opens, but then it doesn't recognize the routine as available. At least if you don't have your Alexa account set as a US device.
So for the moment, all we have to do is wait for this change, something that seems illogical that it wasn't available much earlier, to reach the rest of the countries and not take as long as blueprints. So that we can all enjoy it and save time in the process of create new routines for Alexa to many users who either don't know how to do it or don't have many ideas.
How to share routines and add others'
When Amazon Activates featured or shared Alexa routines, this is what you will have to do to add them to your list of routines:
- Use a mobile device to trigger a shared or featured workout by scanning the QR code or clicking the shared URL
- Within the Alexa app, look for the options with yellow text to select the appropriate option
- Once ready, select the Activate or Save option so that the routine is stored in your account
Done, that's how easy it will be to add routines. And to share them you only have to go to the one you created or have in your Routines section and hit share. The URL that will give other users access to it will be generated.