Alexa and lights

[pepp77]

I have been using Alexa with my home lights for several years now. I have each Alexa unit assigned to a room, and then the lights in that room assigned to the same group. Until a couple of weeks ago I was able to walk into a room and say Alexa Lights on and the lights in that room would turn on. Now when I do it, Alexa says Okay, but the lights dont turn on and I have to say Alexa turn on Office lights for example. However if I'm in a room with the lights on and say Alexa Lights off, the lights in that room turn off.

Anyone else use this feature and noticed anything?

 

[JRJ]

Have you checked the phrases in your routines? I've got a extraction system for the bathrooms with the override controlled by an Alexa routine, after an app update I lost one of the phrases so "Alexa, turn on fan" wouldn't work but "Alexa fan on" did, where as both would have worked prior to the update.

 

[koolpc]

She is in a mood?

 

[pepp77]

I forgot about this. Nothing has changed, everything works via harmony, they all work if I say the room or bulb name, just not with only saying lights on, but work fine for lights off, so I don’t understand. It’s not a major issue as I can make a routine that makes it actually easier, so I can say Alexa plonker and have that turn on the living room lights, then do a routine called idiot for the office etc. will make it a little more fun as well lol