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Some Sengled bulbs may still offer Alexa control directly via Zigbee, Matter, or Bluetooth connectivity, thus bypassing the yanked Alexa skill. But Sengled bulbs that can't be connected directly to Alexa will no longer be controllable via the voice assistant, Amazon said.
Sengled lights and devices may still be controllable using the Sengled app or other smart home platforms, although the status of those connections still appears to be spotty.
"We hold a high bar for the Alexa experience," an Amazon spokesperson told TechHive. "Sengled's Alexa skill has experienced a series of prolonged outages over the past few months that have not [been] resolved, preventing customers from being able to use Alexa to control their light bulbs. The skill will no longer be available in our skill store starting tomorrow [Thursday]."
We've reached out to Sengled for comment.
In a message on an Amazon support forum, an Amazon staffer noted that the change is "permanent," and advised users to try connecting their Sengled bulbs directly to Alexa by turning the lights on and off five times in a row and they saying, "Alexa, discover devices."
Users have been complaining for weeks about spotty connectivity with their Sengled bul
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