How to Get an Amazon Echo That Will Tell You the Temperature in a Room
Small thermometers that you can buy and hang anywhere are pretty cheap, but there is no need to buy them if you have an Amazon Echo. That is, if you have one of two types of Echos: the fourth generation Echo or the second generation Echo Plus . Both have temperature sensors built into smart speakers; you just need to keep an eye on your wording to make sure you are getting results for your room and not outside.
The most reliable way to test this is to ask Alex to tell you the temperature, accurate. Assuming everything is set up correctly on your device, you will get the temperature for your current location as usual. Memorize this number and instead ask Alex to tell you the core temperature. Namely: “Alexa, what is the temperature inside.” Using the word “indoors” instead of “inside” does not work. Don’t ask me why.
(I also found that if you assign a room to your Echo device in the Devices tab in the app, you should also be able to ask Alexa, “What’s the temperature in [room name]?”)
The number given to you should be the current temperature of the room your Echo is in. And you can double check this value through Alexa app> Devices> Echo & Alexa> “Your Echo Device Name”. Scroll down until you see the Temperature Sensor field:
Tap it and you can even start creating temperature-based automatic routines.
Obviously, turning on the fan when it gets too hot is the ideal setup procedure, but you’re only limited by your imagination (and the number of Alexa-enabled devices you have). To me? I just want my Echo to scream the temperature once an hour. I wonder if I can build a routine for this.