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Does Flume work with Amazon Alexa?

Can I ask Alexa how much water I used today?

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Written by Joe Fazio
Updated over 4 years ago

Flume now works with Amazon Alexa! For example, you can ask Alexa if water is running, or you can ask her how much water you have used today. 

In order to enable this integration, please click here to install the Flume skill. It takes less than 30 seconds to install. Just follow the prompts, and enter your Flume username and password when prompted.

Alexa utilizes "response only" skills meaning Alexa will be unable to notify you of a leak or other notifications. However, once you install the Flume skill for Alexa, you can ask Alexa about your water status, water use and water budgets. Below are some things that you can ask Alexa. In each of the examples, you can replace the words in the {curly braces} with your own.

Water Status

    examples:

    Alexa, ask Flume if my water is on
    Alexa, get my water status from Flume
    Alexa, ask Flume to tell me if my water is running
    Alexa, open Flume and tell me if my water is on
    Alexa, ask Flume about my water status
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Water Use

    a. With Date

    Alexa, ask Flume how much water I used {yesterday}
    Alexa, ask Flume to get my water use from {last week}
    Alexa, open Flume and give me water use from {last May}

    b. With Duration

    Alexa, open Flume and tell me how much water I used in the last {5 hours}
    Alexa, ask Flume for my water use in the previous {10 days}
    Alexa, ask Flume how much water I used in the past {2 months}

Water Budgets

    a. Budget type unspecified

    Alexa, ask Flume to tell me about my budgets
    Alexa, ask Flume about my budgets
    Alexa, open Flume and give me my budgets
​   
    b. Budget type specified

    Alexa, ask Flume about my {weekly} budget
    Alexa, tell Flume to give me my water budget for {the month}
    Alexa, ask Flume how much of my {daily} budget has been used

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