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    • will
      will last edited by

      I have worked around this deficiency with Flic by using IFTTT and also the Mkzense IFTTT applet. What it lets you do is invoke an Alexa routine from IFTTT so you can setup an IFTTT applet of your own that when a Flic button is pressed it invokes an Alexa routine. Its very slow due to all the hops back and forth via IFTTT so Flic really needs to build their own Native Alexa skill -- but in the mean time it works.

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      • Emil
        Emil FlicTeam last edited by

        We understand the confusion and we are sorry for that. As stated before we hope to have this released but we are unable to promise anything at this early stage. We will reach out if we need more beta testers but good to know that you are interested.

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        • dchauge
          dchauge @Emil last edited by dchauge

          @Emil, sorry "looking into it" didn't sound as promising as the videos presented it. Is there any expectation or goal on the release date or an opportunity to be a beta tester?

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          • Emil
            Emil FlicTeam @dchauge last edited by

            @dchauge Hi. Both videos give a sneak peak of some features we are working on. They clearly mention these features are "not yet available". Homekit which is being talked about has now officially been released though.

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            • dchauge
              dchauge @Emil last edited by

              @Emil said in Alexa and FLIC integration.:

              We do not have an Alexa integration but we are looking into it. We can't make any promises as of now if it will work or when it could be released if it is working fine. We will announce on our website and in our newsletter when we have some news about it.

              Really? Just got a Hub and 6 buttons anticipating that triggering alexa routines was right around the corner...

              Please correct me if I've missed something in these two videos...

              Automate Your Life

              Paul Hibbert

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              • Emil
                Emil FlicTeam last edited by

                We do not have an Alexa integration but we are looking into it. We can't make any promises as of now if it will work or when it could be released if it is working fine. We will announce on our website and in our newsletter when we have some news about it.

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                • will
                  will last edited by

                  I also purchased Flic 2 thinking it would work with Alexa. What a waste of money. I bought the hub and 3 buttons and they are useless to me.

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                  • d.kaspers
                    d.kaspers @michael 2 last edited by

                    @michael-2 No sorry ... this does not help in any way. Could you please explain how to set this all up?! Would be great since we are not all devs ´s. Thank you so much,
                    Daniel

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                    • randyth
                      randyth last edited by

                      Here is a blog post on an easy way to get Flic buttons to trigger Alexa Routines without any custom coding: https://okko.eu/flic-button-to-alexa-routine-1560e3844457

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                      • michael 2
                        michael 2 last edited by

                        Hi
                        I had a similar issue, I wanted my flic buttons to trigger Alexa routines. I ended up setting up a linux VM with a we served and then use this script https://github.com/thorsten-gehrig/alexa-remote-control

                        On the flic button I just use a get request with all the parameters in it.
                        Hope that helps!

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