I have in my mobile set the following languages in THIS order:
- Hungarian
- German
- English

The Alexa App however does not check this! Just the default system language Hungarian. So. Because this language is not supported, English will be set for the app. Why? It should take the first applicable, and this is German (living in Austria). Please fix this!

Ecobee thermostats include echo (alexa) functionality for many of the feature set including the ability to play music. However it cannot be added to a speaker group in the Alexa app. Ecobee development, has posted this is due to limitations from Amazon.

Please work with Ecobee to add this functionality.

My idea has two parts:
1. Add a web editor for routines also on alexa.amazon.* that works like android/iOS app editor
2. Add also an "advanced mode" where you can directly write code and, maybe, add more complex logic, variables ecc...

Add a validation for number of digits in Number Slot

Would it be possible to transmit the name, room-name, or serial number of the respective echo device when sending a directive (e.g. turn-on) through the api to my AVS smarthome device.
This would allow me to react differently depending in which room the voice command was issued.

In current APL for Audio 0.9 we can use duration="trimToParent" in a mixer to let a background track stop as soon as some parallel track with speech is finished.
This results in an abrupt break of sound before the next prompt.
Often it is desireable to let background music or sounds fade out softly for a smoother listening experience.
The FadeOut-Filter currently doesn't work as needed in conjunction with "trimToParent".
So please support it in a future version of APLA.

A timer would be improved if I could quickly see the progress without asking how much time is left.
I suggest that you use the light ring to count down the timer: starting with the light ring fully lit when the timer starts, it could progressively dim, a bit like the hand of a clock.
There could also be a light flash warning when, say, 1 min from the timer ending.
It would be nice also to save and recall a timer that I use often.

The ContactSensor and MotionSensor types are available in many regions but not the en-gb locale. Given that the security panel controller is available in en-gb it would bring a large benefit to users to be able to utilise the contact & motion sensor functionality.

When using Alexa hosted skill there's no ability to define the
"outDir": "dist" instead a hardcoded index.js is always used. While this isn't a blocker it's not a great experience.

It would be nice to define a build command when the deploy happens for example in package.json under scripts like the following

npm run compile

which would then compile the TypeScript source code in the src directory and output it to the dist directory.

I have been developing Smart Home Skills in Golang and would like to move into a hybrid model (Custom + Smart Home).
I realized that the SDKs for the various features in the Custom Alexa Skills are available in Java, Python, and Javascript.

Considering the skills are triggered through Lambda functions and Golang is a supported platform, could you let me know if a Go SDK might be on your roadmap? It will help to decide the course of further development.

Would love to be able to ask Alexa what the barometric pressure is outside. My dad has breathing problems and thinks his bad days are linked to the BP outside, but when you try to ask her, she just gives the outside temp and weather forecast.

When I use alexa app on my iphone and during a video call, if I have to move to another screen and come back to the Alexa video call, from that point of time, the screen times off and I have to touch the display to bring it on again. Can we ensure that during the video call, there is no time out and the display stays on until the video call is finished irrespective of if we moved away from the screen for a while or not?

For example: "remeber to <action> <time>"

I write the URL of "Share Routine" in the description field.
And You can share "Routine" by clicking on the hyperlink.

Typically, you ask Alexa to start a down count timer.
Often it would be useful to just start an upcount timer.
You could differentiate between "Start a timer" and the regular "Set a X min timer" by noticing that there was no time given. And the phrase must be "Start a timer"

I would love to have a feature to block or ignore all commands which were not allowed before.

This would make it so much easier to only use it for what you need like „volume up/down“, „lights on“... and all other stuff is just gone.

No more strange interactions with Alexa when she understands something i haven‘t said at all!

How?

Give us a whitelist/blacklist function or multiple choice select/deselect option.

Thanks

Currently, only published skills can be invoked from routines. This creates difficulties in skills testing because it is impossible to test how a skill will behave being invoked from a routine. It would be easier if a routine will be able to invoke a skill in published and developing mode as well.