Roomba Meets Alexa

Amazon Alexa can control the iRobot Roomba vacuum. iRobot Home mobile app goes through the steps to connect Roomba to Amazon Alexa:

• On Main Menu selected Smart Home

• Selected Amazon Alexa

• Follow the instructions to link the iRobot Home account to the Amazon Alexa account

In Amazon Alexa mobile app select Skills & Games from the Main Menu.

Enter string “iRobot Home” in the skill Search field. Alexa finds a new device easily and connects to its account. Once the skill is enabled and Alexa and iRobot accounts are linked I can use  Alexa commands to start the vacuum, stop, pause, locate, check status and send it back.

In addition to the usual ways to control Roomba: buttons on top of the vacuum and the iRobot mobile app, with Amazon Alexa I can use voice commands, like:

• “Alexa, ask Roomba to start cleaning”
• “Alexa, ask Roomba to stop cleaning”
• “Alexa, ask Roomba to pause cleaning”
• “Alexa, ask Roomba where it is”
• “Alexa, tell Roomba I found it”
• “Alexa, ask Roomba what its status is”
• “Alexa, ask Roomba to go home”