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New skills being added daily :)
Last 7 days of new skills added in link below
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Please feel free to add skills you think might be of interest to members :)


TV Guide (UK)
Alexa, ask TV guide whats on bbc one now"
Alexa, ask TV guide to describe whats on bbc one next"
"Alexa, ask TV guide to search for match of the day"
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Big Sky in depth weather
"Alexa, ask Big Sky..."

...what's the high temperature today?
...will it rain in the next three hours?
...will it rain before 10 pm?
...for the humidity at 4 pm?
...what will the wind speed be in three hours?
...what's the low temperature in the next seven days?
...about the weather this weekend.
...when is sunrise on Saturday?
...what's the weather on Friday?
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IFTTT Maker Connect Unofficial
Connects Alexa to the IFTTT Maker Channel allowing you to trigger any IFTTT command from Alexa.
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I can't believe this one, how hungry do you have to be?? :proud:

"Dropped some food on the floor? Annoying isn't it. Let Alexa figure out if you can still eat it"
 
Yeah there are some stupid skills. Why people even put the effort in to making them I just dont know lol

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My Notebook note taking skill
Create notes in your favorite note-taking services, such as Evernote and OneNote

Never forget those brilliant thoughts or mundane to-do items. Seamlessly capture notes without giving a second thought.

This skill is in no way associated with, nor endorsed by Evernote or Microsoft.


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I can't believe this one, how hungry do you have to be?? :proud:

"Dropped some food on the floor? Annoying isn't it. Let Alexa figure out if you can still eat it"

now, if she could clean it up and do the rest of the house chores I might be interested :) ...........
 
UK Top 40 Description
Find out this week's entries by position, who's number one or an overview of the top 3 with phrases such as:

Alexa, ask U. K. Top 40 who is position twenty this week
Alexa, ask U. K. Top 40 who's the top three
Alexa, ask U. K. Top 40 what song is top this week

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Movie Info Description
Find out information about your favourite or upcoming movies just by asking Alexa.

To get started, just say "Alexa, Ask Movie Info to tell me about Titanic".
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TV Time Description
Welcome to TV Time, your personal TV assistant!

Use TV Time to find the timings of your favorite TV shows and movies using voice commands on Amazon Echo. Search by show/movie name, time, actor, channel and genre across more than 300 TV channels in the UK.

With smart recommendations, TV Time also personalizes your daily TV content to help you discover shows and movies that match your interest profile, so you never miss out on any of your favorite movies and shows on TV!

To interact with the skill on Amazon Echo, say - Alexa, launch TV Time.

To know the different ways you can use this skill, say "Help".
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So I've tried the IFTTT skill and seems to give white screen when you try to connect account. I'm based in the UK, 4:20pm o nthe 13th Dec. 4:50pm Skill seems to have been removed.

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TV Times seems to work for me. Will give full review later
 
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Logitech Harmony hub

Use Amazon Alexa with your Logitech Harmony hub-based remote to start and stop Harmony Activities, change channels, control volume, play/pause and set a sleep timer. Use your voice to jump to your favourite TV station or directly into a Roku channel. For example, say "Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the TV" to power on your TV, AV receiver and cable box and set them all to the right inputs.

Try saying
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the TV"
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on Netflix
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the BBC
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn up the volume
Alexa, tell Harmony to pause my movie
Alexa, tell Harmony to set a sleep timer for 15 minutes

Amazon Alexa works with Logitech Harmony Elite, Harmony Companion and Harmony Hub; available at logitech.com/harmony


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Logitech Harmony hub

Use Amazon Alexa with your Logitech Harmony hub-based remote to start and stop Harmony Activities, change channels, control volume, play/pause and set a sleep timer. Use your voice to jump to your favourite TV station or directly into a Roku channel. For example, say "Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the TV" to power on your TV, AV receiver and cable box and set them all to the right inputs.

Try saying
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the TV"
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on Netflix
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the BBC
Alexa, tell Harmony to turn up the volume
Alexa, tell Harmony to pause my movie
Alexa, tell Harmony to set a sleep timer for 15 minutes

Amazon Alexa works with Logitech Harmony Elite, Harmony Companion and Harmony Hub; available at logitech.com/harmony


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Did you ever buy your harmony hub in the end?
 
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Yes mate. You helped me try and set up yonomi remember :)

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Well that's much easier with harmony than it was with yonomi :) now to add channels :)

on TT
 
Description; Honeywell Lyric
With the Honeywell skill and Alexa, you can now interact with your Honeywell Lyric T6 Thermostat with your voice.

To get started, select the ‘Enable Skill’ button in the Alexa App to link your Honeywell account and discover your thermostat(s). Find more information about connecting Smart Home devices at Amazon.com Help: Connect a Smart Home Device to Alexa

When using the skill, you need to specify by name which thermostat/sensor to use. There are two ways to define this/these names:
- Use the name(s) you set up already – these are shown and can be changed in the Lyric app, or
- Create an Alexa group, like “Bedroom” or “Downstairs”, and add the thermostat and/or one or more sensors to the group. More information at Amazon.com Help: Create a Smart Home Device Group

Once you know the name or group of your thermostat, you can say the following: “Alexa, lower Bedroom by 3 degrees”, or “Alexa, set ‘my home’ temperature to 21 degrees”.
A list of example commands includes:
- “Alexa, set [group/zone or thermostat name] to X degrees”
- “Alexa, raise [group/zone or thermostat name] by X degrees”
- “Alexa, lower [group/zone or thermostat name] by X degrees”

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Fitbit; Description
Keep up with your fitness goals by checking Fitbit with Alexa. Stay in touch with your progress and get motivated as you go about your day.
Check in on your daily Fitbit progress with Alexa. Ask Alexa if you hit your sleep goal, how you did yesterday, or just get a quick update on the stats you care about the most.
Switch between your Amazon Household profiles to access data from multiple Fitbit accounts.
If you’d like to learn more about what Alexa can do with Fitbit, you can find more information here: (Fitbit Help - Can Alexa tell me my Fitbit stats?).
Note: Alexa and Amazon, Inc. do not store or retain your Fitbit data, but voice interactions associated with your Amazon account may contain your Fitbit data.

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Anyone got any handy skills enabled? :)

You probably use most of these anyway, but just encase:

Alexa, add an event to my calendar. (shell ask the rest)

Alexa, calendar

Alexa, enable (whichever) skill (saves going through the app)

Alexa, Wikepidea (topic)... tell me more

Alexa, Play (will play random song from any of your playlists)

Alexa, turn up/ down

Alexa, volume 0-10

Alexa, weather

Alexa, extended forecast for xxxxxx

Alexa, temperature

Alexa, news

Alexa, score of the xxxxxx game

Alexa, when is the next xxxxxx game

Alexa, ask football fixtures who xxxxxx are playing next (need to enable football fixtures skills)

Alexa, did xxxxxx win

Alexa, put get petrol on my to-do list

Alexa, whats in my to-do list

Alexa, play radio one

Alexa, alarm for 8am

Alexa, cancel alarm

Alexa, timer 20 minutes

Alexa, ask bullion prices the price of gold (need to enable bullion prices skill)

Alexa, motivate me (need to enable skill)

Alexa, ask radio player to start (need skill enabled)

Alexa, open random facts (needs skill enabled)

Alexa, ask trackr to find my phone (needs skill enabled + app on your phone)

Alexa, open thunderstorm sounds (need to enable ambient noise: thunderstorm sounds)

Alexa, open bird sounds ( bird sounds skill needs enabling)
 
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My TP-Link wifi socket arrived yesterday :) Not sure what to have plugged in yet? Currently got a cool air fan in, preemptive for the soaring summer temperatures lol.

I downloaded the IFTTT app to my phone (as i'll probably need it for Alexa) there are a few applets to be used (lots seem to be for the US at the moment)


Alexa, ask tv guide whats on bbc one (now/next) etc (needs uktv guide skill enabled)

Alexa, ask uk top 40 who is in position X this week (uktop40 skill needed)

Alexa, ask Bird Song for a (bird name) (Bird Song skill)

Alexa, whats the definition of ????

Alexa, how do you spell ????

Alexa, whats ?? multiplied by ?? etc (calculator)
 
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