![]() ![]() On the next screen, you’ll see a list of options.Ĭhoose ‘Schedule’ (because we are going to be setting a daily schedule for the coffee machine to turn on and off at a set time each day): Give your routine a name (I’ll call mine ‘Coffee Machine On’): Now go into the Alexa app and you will see your new smart plug.ĭuring the setup process in the TP-Link app, I called my smart plug ‘Kitchen smart plug’ and so that’s how it now appears in the Alexa app:Ĭlick on your new smart plug and then tap on ‘Create a Routine’: Once the smart plug app is linked to Alexa, you’ll see a message like this: Next, follow the setup instructions in the smart plug app, and eventually, you will be asked if you want to link the app to Amazon Alexa or Google Home. Whatever brand of smart plug you purchased, it will have its own app, and you need to add your smart plug that that app before going any further: In my case, this is an app called ‘TP-Link Tapo’. The first thing to do is download to your smartphone the app for your smart plug. I’m going to be using my smart plug as a timer, to turn the coffee machine on and off at a set time each day. Go ahead and plug the smart plug into an outlet: This time, I’m going to be adding a Tapo TP-Link smart plug: So now that we’ve set up a smart plug as a timer on Google Home, let’s do the same thing on Amazon Alexa. You can now set up a schedule so that your smart plug works as a timer, turning your appliances on and off at different times of the day: How To Set Timers On Smart Plugs – Alexa Google Home will then ask you to choose a home to add the device to and which room you want to add it to.Īnd that’s it – your smart plug timer has been added to Google Home. Go ahead and select the smart plug that you added to Smart Life. Once you’ve done that, you’ll see a screen where it asks you which of your Smart Life devices you want to add to Google Home. Hit the ‘Link Now’ button and then authorize Google to have access to your Smart Life devices. You’ll now be taken to another screen where you enter your Smart Life email and password. On the next screen, type ‘smart life’ into the search field and then choose the Smart Life option. Open the Google Home app and press the plus icon in the top left of the screen.īecause we have already set up this device in the Smart Life app, you don’t need to set it up as a new device in Google. Now that your smart plug is connected to the Smart Life app and has been named, you are now going to add it to Google Home. This is the name you’ll be using in voice commands with Google or Alexa. Give it a name that tells you which room of the house it is in (e.g. You’ll now see a new screen where you can name your smart plug. You’ll know when the device has been added to the app because the light will stop flashing and turn solid. The Smart Life app will now scan your smart plug and add it to the app. ![]() The app will now ask you if your smart plug is blinking fast or slow. The next thing you need to do is enter your Internet WiFi password into the Smart Life app. Look for the section that says ‘Sockets’ and then choose the type of socket you have. You’ll now see a new screen that shows you all the different types of smart plugs that Teckin makes. Now go into the Smart Life app and press the blue plus icon in the top right corner. Make sure that the blue light on the left side of the plug is flashing. Once you’ve done that, plug your Teckin smart plug into an outlet. You’ll now be prompted to create a Smart Life account. The device I will use for this demo is the Teckin smart plug.įirst of all, download the Smart Life app, either the Android version or the iOS version, depending on which smartphone you have: How To Set Timers On Smart Plugs – Google Home It sounds a bit complicated but it’s really not. Once you’ve done that, you then link the plug through the proprietary software to your smart home hub. With most smart plugs, you first need to connect the plug to its own proprietary app. In this article, I’ll show you how to set timers on smart plugs, using the two most popular home automation softwares: Google Home and Amazon Alexa. What turns a smart plug into a timer is the home automation software. ![]()
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