Les, here is what I did to link it to Alexa.
After installing the Nest and creating a Nest account, I had Alexa “discover” the Nest. You can do this either from the Alexa app or by telling your Echo product to “discover”. In the Alexa app, I went into the skills section and did a search for Nest. I found the Nest skill and enabled it. You are taken to the Nest site where you have to put in your credentials for logging into your Nest account. Once you do that you get a screen letting you know that the Nest is now linked to Alexa. After that I created a group called Thermostat but that is actually optional. When using Alexa to control the stat, it will understand whatever name you assigned to your Nest when you first set it up. In my case it was “Upstairs” which is actually the location of where the Nest is installed. At this point you should be able to issue commands using the name you assigned as the Nest’s location so in my case, I can say “Alexa, set upstairs to 76 degrees” and it’s done and Alexa replies by saying “upstairs is set to 76 degrees”. Now, because I also set a group called “thermostat” I can also use the word thermostat to issue commands to Alexa. So far the commands I’ve been able to use are: Set Upstairs to XX degrees Raise upstairs x degrees Lower upstairs x degrees What is upstairs set to What is the temperature inside Set upstairs to cool or heat Set upstairs to away or home There may be other commands but those ar the ones that I’ve used thus far successfully. If you do a search on YouTube, you will find several videos demonstrating some of these commands. Also, take a look at: https://nest.com/support/article/Learn-how-to-control-your-Nest-Thermostat-with-Amazon-Alexa-on-Echo-and-Fire-TV There you will find some guide lines with additional links pointing to other pages where you can dive deeper. HTH From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 6:56 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: WiFi thermostats, an update Hi Rick, Glad you are happy with the Nest. I have had the Nest for a couple of years, and like you, I haven’t worried about the schedule. I let it determine our habits and remember them. I will say that I have encountered some problems when we’re away when it saves energy. For some reason, the thermostat’s program got activated while we were away. So when traveling, I deactivate that feature. Sometimes, I think these devices outsmart themselves! I do have a question. Can you assist me with linking the Nest with Alexa? I thought I had done it, but apparently not, as it doesn’t respond to Voice Commands. What Voice Commands work? Thanks for any assistance. Best, Les Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Rick Alfaro <mailto:rick.alf...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 5:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: WiFi thermostats, an update I now have the Nest thermostat installed and am very happy to report that the Nest app is quite accessible. I’m able to change various settings and raise or lower the temperature. I’ve also linked it to both Alexa and Google Home so controlling it by voice is really nice and works very well. I have the Nest set to work as a learning thermostat so I haven’t messed with schedules yet and am just allowing Nest to do its thing and create it’s schedules by learning from my commands to set temperatures throughout the day. 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