It's not super difficult, particularly when the other end is a Google-provided app on a smartphone. It gets more complicated with things like Home Assistant[0]

It's not super difficult, particularly when the other end is a Google-provided app on a smartphone. It gets more complicated with things like Home Assistant[0] or other automation software. Amazon made the decision to force all Echo integrations to go through the internet. [0] https://www.home-assistant.io/ https://www.home-assistant.io/