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Re:Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, d... by criddell on Friday April 12, 2024 @11:32AM (#40014072)
If I asked me Echo to close my curtains, it would respond that it doesn’t know about a device with that name. If I then ask it what devices it does know about, it won’t give me an answer.

Will the Google Home tell you the device names it can see?

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Re:Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, d... by user_7832 on Friday April 12, 2024 @04:00PM (#40017036)
I don't think it can do that. Asking variations of "what devices/controls/lights can you see/access/control" just gives a google search result for it. Quite stupid flaw imo in the design.
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