Yale, Yamaha Add Alexa Voice Control for Door Locks, Multiroom Music Systems

March 2, 2017 |Voice Control

Yale Locks' ZigBee and Z-Wave-enabled Real Living deadbolts are now compatible with Amazon Alexa when used with Samsung SmartThings and Wink hubs, said Yale Wednesday. Users can issue commands telling Alexa to lock a door or give status of a lock, but the device won’t unlock with voice commands for security reasons, said the company. Yamaha also announced Alexa voice control capability for more than 40 MusicCast multiroom AV products via a firmware update.