topic Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa? in Sky Q

How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

Christine+Reece — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 14:29:53 GMT

I have no idea how to set up Sky Q to work with Alexa.

i open the Alexa app, then Skills, then your skills, then devices and ask to add new device. But that's as far as I get as there is now option for Sky. Any suggestions please?

Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

xenon81 — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:03:29 GMT

Sky Q doesn't support Alexa. If you've seen something that suggests it does, that's incorrect.

Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

Invisiblename — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:22:56 GMT

@Christine+Reece wrote:
I have no idea how to set up Sky Q to work with Alexa.
i open the Alexa app, then Skills, then your skills, then devices and ask to add new device. But that's as far as I get as there is now option for Sky. Any suggestions please?

As far as I can see, there is no Alexa skill for Sky control

Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

Scrunchy — Thu, 09 May 2024 18:46:10 GMT

You can control sky q basics using Alexa. You need a SwitchBot Hub mini. A sky non-voice remote and change it to IR mode. Using the SwitchBot mobile app you can learn the Sky remote IR codes and use Alexa voice commands to control the Sky Q box. On, standby, mute, volume, channel up/down, home button etc.

The SwitchBot hub must be in line of sight to the Sky Q box.

I have an Alexa routine to turn on the TV, the Sky Q box and the attached Denon amplifier together. I just say "Alexa turn on Sky"

Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

Camraom — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:27:51 GMT

I don't know what the answer is here, but certainly until I had a new SkyQ box fitted this week Alexa controlled my TV and my SkyQ box together but it no longer does and I can't even see the sky Q box anymore.

Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

Camraom — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:30:20 GMT

In fact, my Remote doesn't even turn the TV off anymore.

Re: How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

Chodley — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:39:11 GMT

@Camraom wrote:
I don't know what the answer is here, but certainly until I had a new SkyQ box fitted this week Alexa controlled my TV and my SkyQ box together but it no longer does and I can't even see the sky Q box anymore.

It was probably doing it by controllling the TV and the TV used HDMI CEC to do some limited stuff (on/off basically) on the Sky box.