How to Add a Sengled Smart Light Bulb to Alexa
Introduction
Before You Begin:
You will need to have the Amazon Alexa app installed on your smartphone or tablet to connect to your smart home devices.
Before you can link your Sengled devices to your IFTTT account, you must have setup your Sengled device with the appropriate Sengled app first.
Unsupported Sengled Bulbs
At this time, certain Sengled smart bulbs do not integrate with Amazon Alexa, as they do not have a way to talk to a server on the Internet.
At this time, the Sengled Pulse line of bulbs only connect via Bluetooth, not Zigbee or Wi-Fi. They will only talk to another Bluetooth device such as your phone, or the Sengled Pulse Link.
The Sengled Smartsense bulbs have no connectivity, rather they just provide a convenient motion sensor combined with an energy efficient light.Sengled Element with Other Hubs
If you're using your Sengled Element bulbs and devices with a 3rd party hub, such as Wink or SmartThings, Amazon Alexa can access these bulbs through those services instead.
1 Add the Sengled Service to Alexa
Grab the mobile device you have the Amazon Alexa app installed on in order to get the Sengled service added.
- Open the Amazon Alexa app, then select the Menu in the top-right corner.
- Select Skills & Games.
- Select Search, type in Sengled, and select Sengled from the list.
- Select Sengled Home.
- Select Enable To Use.
- Enter your Sengled Email Address and Password, then select Sign In.
- Your account will be linked. Select the X in the top-left corner.
- Alexa will ask to discover devices on your Sengled system, select Discover Devices.
- Alexa will scan for your new devices to control, and they will be available to your Alexa app, as well as any Echo speaker assistants shortly after.
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YesNoBefore You Begin:
You will need to have the Amazon Alexa app installed on your smartphone or tablet to connect to your smart home devices.
Before you can link your Sengled devices to your IFTTT account, you must have setup your Sengled device with the appropriate Sengled app first.
Unsupported Sengled Bulbs
At this time, certain Sengled smart bulbs do not integrate with Amazon Alexa, as they do not have a way to talk to a server on the Internet.
At this time, the Sengled Pulse line of bulbs only connect via Bluetooth, not Zigbee or Wi-Fi. They will only talk to another Bluetooth device such as your phone, or the Sengled Pulse Link.The Sengled Smartsense bulbs have no connectivity, rather they just provide a convenient motion sensor combined with an energy efficient light.Sengled Element with Other Hubs
If you're using your Sengled Element bulbs and devices with a 3rd party hub, such as Wink or SmartThings, Amazon Alexa can access these bulbs through those services instead.
Grab the mobile device you have the Amazon Alexa app installed on in order to get the Sengled service added.
- Open the Amazon Alexa app, then select the Menu in the top-right corner.
- Select Skills & Games.
- Select Search, type in Sengled, and select Sengled from the list.
- Select Sengled Home.
- Select Enable To Use.
- Enter your Sengled Email Address and Password, then select Sign In.
- Your account will be linked. Select the X in the top-left corner.
- Alexa will ask to discover devices on your Sengled system, select Discover Devices.
- Alexa will scan for your new devices to control, and they will be available to your Alexa app, as well as any Echo speaker assistants shortly after.