How to set up a smart home using Windows 10 and Amazon Echo

[Windows Central]

Smart home apps are mostly MIA from Windows 10, but that doesn't mean you can't join in the fun.
Even if you don't use Android or iOS, you can set up a full-featured smart home and feel like you're living in the future. It requires only one word: Alexa.
Amazon's artificial intelligence platform that's baked into the Echo and other products is all you really need. With an Amazon Echo and your Windows 10 PC, you have all the infrastructure that's required to get going.

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