How do I connect my sky Q to Alexa?

[Christine+Reece]

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?

[xenon81]

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

[Invisiblename]

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@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?

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

[Scrunchy]

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"

[Camraom]

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.

[Camraom]

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

[Chodley]

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@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.

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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.