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August Enables More Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, IFTTT Skills

Tom Kolnowski by Tom Kolnowski
30 October 2018
in Amazon Alexa, Connected Home, Featured Articles, Google Assistant, Privacy & Safety, Secure Home, Smart Door Locks
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Just in time for Halloween: August Home brings new Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and IFTTT skills. Image: August Home.

Just in time for Halloween: August Home brings new Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and IFTTT skills to its smart locks and doorbells. Image: August Home.

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Adding to a repertoire of voice commands for its smart door locks, August Home has added a smart unlock feature for the Google Assistant. Designed to work with the August Smart Lock and Smart Lock Pro, the new integration pairs a voice command with a PIN security code to provide for hands-free unlocking. And they are perfect for opening your front door for trick-or-treaters on Halloween.

This addition to the August line of voice activation skills brings Google Assistant to parity with skills previously announced for the Amazon Alexa assistant on the company’s locks. Concurrently, August also released more skills for Google Assistant and Alexa, plus deeper If This Then That (IFTTT) integrations, for its Doorbell Cam Pro smart doorbell.

Hey, Google, Unlock the Front Door

With Google Assistant, the command “Hey, Google, unlock the front door” will unlock the door after speaking the security code. The security code can be set during the initial authentication with August through the Google Assistant app. This same method is used with the Alexa integration.

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The integration with Google Assistant is also native, meaning the August lock will appear under the Locks icon in the Google Nest smart displays and other Google Home compatible displays, including those from Lenovo and Harman/JBL.

And with the latest version of the Google Home app on iOS and Android, the lock will also appear under the Locks icon on the home screen. So if you are more inclined to control your smart lock with on-screen taps, you can lock and unlock your August lock in that manner.

The Google and Amazon integrations for the August locks require the presence of either the August Connect Wi-Fi Bridge or Doorbell Cam Pro.

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The August Smart Lock and Smart Lock Pro can be opened with a voice command and a PIN code with new Google Assistant skills. Image: August Home.
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More Google Automations with Doorbell Cam Pro

Another new feature with Google Assistant has been added for the August Doorbell Cam Pro. Once enabled through the Assistant app, Google Home devices can announce when visitors ring the doorbell. For example, the phrase “Someone is at the front door” can be annunciated by the Google Assistant—again, perfect for getting alerted to trick-or-treaters as they arrive on your doorstep.

Alexa Gains More Doorbell Cam Pro Skills

At the same time, August has released more Alexa integrations for their smart doorbell. With Alexa, the assistant can announce the same “Someone is at the front door” phrase, and can also be configured with custom routines to do even more. For example, when someone approaches the door or rings the smart doorbell, Alexa can say a special phrase, play a specific song, or activate other smart devices based on the homeowner’s desired settings.

IFTTT Extended

August already supported IFTTT automations for their smart locks, but has extended those skills to the Doorbell Cam Pro. Custom routines can be configured to launch IFTTT actions based on motion detection or pressing the doorbell button.

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