Alexa can now set sleep timers to simulate a sunrise using your smart lights
Artificial intelligence began playing a significant role in human life. Staring from our home to all the fields like medical, Bigdata, Roads, & safety, the list goes on. With the growth of technology, people started using up the advantage of it in their day to day life.
Alexa is one such device of artificial intelligence that does smart assistance to you. Alexa came up with several features; here is an added feature to the list. Now, Alexa can wake you up using smart lights by giving you the feel of sunrise.
How does Alexa take control over smart lights?
Alexa registers your command and makes the smart light imitate like a Sunrise. The brightness of the smart light gradually increases over time and gives you the feel of a Sunrise.
Example – All you want to command the smart device is, “Alexa, wake me up by 5.30 am tomorrow using lamp”. Alexa will take the rest of the activity care. It ensures the brightness of the smart light is gradually increasing from 5.20 am, giving you an effect of daylight and triggers you to wake up.
Smart light Sunrise feature can be determined not only for one day. It can e activated for all the days in a week. You have to command Alexa like, “Alexa, wake me up every morning by 5.30 am using lamp”. Alexa follows the command daily without error.
The same feature can be used for sleeping also. All you need to command Alexa is, “Alexa, set up sleep timer one-hour using lamp.” The smart device ensures the light is dimming gradually with the time taking you to the sleep mood. You can plan that one hour to finish up your bedtime works and get ready to sleep.
The routine of light brightening and dimming can be set with the smart device so that Alexa acts daily. The routine can be set using the Alexa app on your phone. Using the app, you can even manage the required brightness of the smart light gradual over time. After setting up the requirements, you can command Alexa to act on a day to day basis, and it will be taken care of by Alexa.
According to Amazon, below are few added features that come along with Alexa and smart lights.
Nature sounds & music – While the lights are gradually brightening from time, you can set Alexa to play nature sounds and music also. This function can be activated using the Alexa app. You have to select your favorite music or nature sound to start Alexa to play it for you while waking you up.
Multiple alarm – More than one alarm can be set using Alexa if you need two or three alarms in a day. One for you, your wife, and your kids can be managed using this additional feature of Alexa.
Wakes up with FM radio – If you prefer to wake up using FM radio instead of nature sound and music, this feature helps Alexa to do that for you. You can preset up to 15 FM stations in Alexa.
These added features make your life smart and comfortable.