Simply say, “Alexa, turn on the lights” or “Alexa, turn off the lights,” to control your smart lights. But controlling lights with Alexa goes beyond simple on and off commands.

Amazon's house brand, Amazon Basics, produces its own smart home devices that tie into the Alexa ecosystem, like a smart ...

You can’t completely turn off Alexa’s light ring, but (as I noted earlier) you can keep the lights to a minimum by putting your Echo speaker into Do Not Disturb mode.

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