Combine Amazon Alexa (Dot) with Homekit?

[mbdarr]

I have all Homekit devices in my home (Ecobee, Lutron, and more, I have 30+ lighting sections under control now) and use BOTH "Hey Siri" (with iOS devices, Apple Watch and soon HomePod) AND "Alexa" with 8 Amazon Echo Dots. Essentially all HomeKit devices sold are also compatible with Alexa so you simply configure your home's devices on BOTH platforms. The only downside is you have to remember what key word to say depending on which area of the house you are in if you do it this way... that's why even with an iPhone, Apple Watch and HomePod coming I have used the inexpensive ($29 on sale) Echo Dots to cover 100% of my home so I use "Alexa" to control home automation and "Hey Siri" for everything else BUT yes, I could say "Hey Siri turn my kitchen table light on" OR "Alexa turn my kitchen table light on" and the results are the same. I certainly use HomeKit and iOS to control devices in my home when I am NOT home.

ideally I would love to someday have everything controlled via apple devices and voice control in every inch of my home, but right now that requires speaking to a personal device like an iPhone or Watch which not everyone in my family has, nor guests... or speaking to the upcoming HomePods but that would require a $3000+ investment in HomePods to cover everywhere. hopefully apple in time broadens the range of their devices to include siri focused (not big music) devices that are cheaper and at the same time they desperately need to improve siri's understanding, capabilities, and 3rd party interactions to stay in the same universe as Alexa. The only reason I tolerate the dual platform situation is it is so darn cheap to buy $29 Amazon Echo Dots!
[doublepost=1517681557][/doublepost]Another way to say it is...

I am using Amazon Echo Dots for home automation and smart assistant intelligence at the same time as Apple HomePod for music until such time as Apple catches up in smart assistant capabilities and the range of their product line enables me to cover the whole house (or I just submit and slowly buy $350 speakers over time...)

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I have all Homekit devices in my home (Ecobee, Lutron, and more, I have 30+ lighting sections under control now) and use BOTH "Hey Siri" (with iOS devices, Apple Watch and soon HomePod) AND "Alexa" with 8 Amazon Echo Dots. Essentially all HomeKit devices sold are also compatible with Alexa so you simply configure your home's devices on BOTH platforms. The only downside is you have to remember what key word to say depending on which area of the house you are in if you do it this way... that's why even with an iPhone, Apple Watch and HomePod coming I have used the inexpensive ($29 on sale) Echo Dots to cover 100% of my home so I use "Alexa" to control home automation and "Hey Siri" for everything else BUT yes, I could say "Hey Siri turn my kitchen table light on" OR "Alexa turn my kitchen table light on" and the results are the same. I certainly use HomeKit and iOS to control devices in my home when I am NOT home.

ideally I would love to someday have everything controlled via apple devices and voice control in every inch of my home, but right now that requires speaking to a personal device like an iPhone or Watch which not everyone in my family has, nor guests... or speaking to the upcoming HomePods but that would require a $3000+ investment in HomePods to cover everywhere. hopefully apple in time broadens the range of their devices to include siri focused (not big music) devices that are cheaper and at the same time they desperately need to improve siri's understanding, capabilities, and 3rd party interactions to stay in the same universe as Alexa. The only reason I tolerate the dual platform situation is it is so darn cheap to buy $29 Amazon Echo Dots!
[doublepost=1517681557][/doublepost]Another way to say it is...

I am using Amazon Echo Dots for home automation and smart assistant intelligence at the same time as Apple HomePod for music until such time as Apple catches up in smart assistant capabilities and the range of their product line enables me to cover the whole house (or I just submit and slowly buy $350 speakers over time...)

canyonblue737,
Can you tell me how to set up devices to connect to Alexa and Siri?? Yesterday I successfully set up 4 Koogeek smart plugs to my new echo plus, it took a few times to get them to work in HomeKit after I had Alexa discover them. Today I had to get a new router to connect to my ecobee 4. Once I did that, I had to reconnect all 4 plugs to HomeKit, and then to Alexa. Once Alexa discovered them they no longer were communicating with HomeKit. I have spent 7 hours playing with this. Back and forth. HomeKit works, Alexa drops them. I rediscover them in Alexa, now HomeKit won’t talk to them. I’m about to go crazy! I have changed the security settings on the new router, googled everything I can think of. For now I left everything working with Alexa. Please, please, any advice will be appreciated!! Thanks!!