With this Home Connect® Oven skill for Amazon Alexa, you can control and monitor the most important programs and functions of your Oven with your voice.
Amazon Alexa
Features
- Support of many heating modes including Bake, Roast, Broil, Pizza, Warm and Rotisserie. Supported heating modes depend on your Oven model.
- Use your Oven in Alexa routines: turn it on or off or start a program.
- Start the Oven “Alexa, tell my Oven to start.” “Alexa, tell my Oven to start for an hour.”
- Easy temperature change “Alexa, tell my Oven to add ten degrees.”
- Easy duration change “Alexa, tell my Oven to add ten minutes.”
- Double Oven and Triple Oven support “Alexa, tell my Oven Number Two to start;” “Alexa, tell my Oven Top to start;” “Alexa, tell my Oven Oliver to start.” The Oven name can be defined in the Home Connect® app.
- Control your Single-Point and Multi-Point Meat Probe with the oven assistant.
- Monitor Temperature status and time remaining. “Alexa, ask my Oven when dinner is ready“, or “Alexa, ask my Oven for the status.“
- Echo Show devices provide visual content and touch interaction.
How to Name Your Oven
- To rename your Oven, you'll need to use your Oven's name together with “my Oven.” For example, if your Oven is named “Oliver” in the Home Connect® app, you should say “Alexa, tell my Oven Oliver to start.” For shorter Smart Home commands, you can just use your Oven's name without saying “my Oven.”
- If Alexa can't understand your Oven names, try renaming your main Oven to “Oven,” and your others with numbers. For example, name your Ovens “Oven,” and Oven Number Two” in the Home Connect® app.
Get Started with Alexa
- Step 1: Make sure remote start is activated on your Oven to use this skill.
- Step 2: Connect Amazon Echo to your user account
- Make sure that your Amazon Echo is linked to your Amazon user account. Log in via your Alexa app or at alexa.amazon.com (http://alexa.amazon.com/) and check your settings.
- Step 3: To get started be sure to enable Alexa skills. You can enable Alexa skills directly in the Home Connect® app here.
- If you have any issues with the skill, try re-enabling it on the Alexa app.
- In order to use a skill, you need to link your Home Connect® account to Alexa. You can register an account in the Home Connect® app. Please also make sure that you pair your Oven with the Home Connect® app.
Selection of Supported Commands
- “Alexa, tell my Oven to start.”
- “Alexa, tell my Oven to start fast preheat.”
- “Alexa, tell my Oven to start bake for 10 minutes.”
- “Alexa, tell my Oven to add ten minutes.”
- “Alexa, ask my Oven when dinner is ready.”
- “Alexa, tell my Oven to stop beeping.”
Amazon Alexa FAQs
What can I do if Alexa doesn't understand what I'm saying?
Communication with Alexa is based on a couple of basic rules. When you launch a skill, for instance, phrases such as "my Home Connect oven" can lead to errors. It is therefore better to play it safe by selecting a direct command (e.g. "Alexa, start Home Connect oven").
Sometimes you may use words or phrases that are not yet saved in the system. Simply rephrase your request and try again. However, in the background, we are continually updating and improving the system with each new version.
Can I say "oven" or "dishwasher" instead of "Home Connect oven" or "Home Connect Dishwasher"?
If you want to give a voice command to your washer, you can say, for instance, "Alexa, ask My Dishwasher for status." Your Amazon Echo needs the word "Alexa" to wake up, while in this case "My Dishwasher" is the keyword for addressing your Thermador dishwasher with Home Connect.
Accordingly, you can use voice commands for “My Coffee Machine”, "My Oven", “My Dishwasher” and “My Hood”. One possible voice command is for example: "Alexa, tell My Coffee Machine to prepare a large extra strong Cappuccino and start now."
