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Waking up can be hard, but Alexa can make it easier.
before leaving for work.
What if you could at least make your mornings more productive?
launch the Alexa app, and then tap the hamburger menu.
Tap “Routines.”
Tap the Plus (+) button in the upper right-hand corner to create a new routine.
Tap on the plus symbol to the right of “When this happens.”
Tap “Schedule.”
Tap “Select” to the right of “At Time.”
Choose your desired starting time.
Tap “Select” to the right of “Repeat.”
Pick the days you want the routine to fire.
If you work Monday to Friday, you’ve got the option to select Weekdays.
Then tap “Done.”
Tap “Next” in the upper right-hand corner.
Tap the plus symbol to the right of “Add action.”
Tap “Smart Home” to control smarthome devices.
We’ll be demonstrating how to turn on smart lights like Philips Hue or LIFX bulbs.
Tap the name of the smart light or group you want to turn on.
Tap “Brightness” and lower the slider to 5%.
Then tap “Next” in the upper right-hand corner.
Tap “Add Action.”
Tap “Wait.”
Change the duration to six minutes then tap “Next.”
Alexa will wait this many minutes before executing the next action you configure.
Tap “Alexa Says.”
This category also includes actions like singing a song or telling me a fun fact.
We’re going to use a morning greeting.
Tap “Good Morning.”
Tap “Weather” to hear a weather report for your local area.
Tap “Traffic.”
If you haven’t set traffic options yet,you should do that too.
Tap “Music” to have Alexa play music from a service like Pandora or Amazon Music.
Then tap the timer option to set a time limit (if you chose a playlist).
Alexa will stop playing music after whatever time limits you select.
Otherwise, it will play until the end of the playlist, or you turn it off.
Check that all your routine actions are ordered correctly, they’ll run one after the other.
When everything is correct, tap “Save” to complete the routine creation.
But what about when you should probably snooze?
Setting Up An Echo Snooze Button
Next, we’ll set up a snooze button.
This guide assumes you’ve already paired your Echo buttons.
If you haven’t, we have a handy guide that takes youthrough the process.
Create a new routine just like before.
When prompted, press on the physical Echo button you want to use, then tap “Add.”
Tap the plus symbol to the right of Add action.
Choose “unit parameters.”
Choose “Stop Volume.”
Otherwise, check the correct Echo.
Then tap “Next.”
Tap “Next.”
We need music play again though, so we’ll add a delayed action to play music.
Tap “Add Action.”
Choose the “Wait” option.
Choose a time you’d like to snooze for, like 10 minutes.
Then tap “Next” in the upper right-hand corner.
Now that we have a wait delay, we need to restart the music.
Tap “Add Action.”
Choose the “Music” option.
Use the same music, provider, and timer options you chose for your morning routine.
Then tap “Next” in the upper-right corner.
Tap the “Change” option to the right of Anytime.
Expand the “Suppress For” section and choose “1 hour.”
Then tap “Next.”
Now tap “Save” to finish creating this routine.
