Integrating Amazon Alexa One of the most exciting features of the Arduino IoT Cloud is its integration with Amazon Alexa. This allows you to control your Arduino devices using voice commands.

Ars Technica's Sean Gallagher demonstrates how he connected the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Teddy Ruxpin and Alexa to create "Bearlexa", to animate the bear when using Amazon's Alexa.

This hack puts them together to use an Alexa voice command to open and close your blinds. DIY hacker Yavin0427 demonstrates the sweet setup in the video above.

One of the great things about home automation is that it’s limitless. Whether you add more smart locks, toss some smart light bulbs into lamps, or add another smart thermostat to your home, it’s ...

If you use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, take a minute or two to learn these tricks. Your future self will thank you.

Ars Technica's Sean Gallagher demonstrates how he connected the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Teddy Ruxpin and Alexa to create "Bearlexa", to animate the bear when using Amazon's Alexa.