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Your device does not support the audio. Did you know that the first hour after waking up can influence your productivity, mood, and focus for the entire day? Research from the University of London ...

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I have successfully distributed helper devices in Home Assistant to the Alexa ecosystem via your great Matter hub. 👍 Then I want to create a routine in Alexa to control a device in Alexa when my Home ...

When using the send_text_command to send a phrase defined in an Alexa Routine it doesn't work. Saying "Alexa, ops room big light on" works fine. See logs attached.

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