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Does anyone use both zwave and zigbee with alexa?

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Does anyone use both zwave and zigbee with alexa?  
Does anyone use both zwave and zigbee with alexa?

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No, Alexa doesn’t support Zwave. Get a SmartThings hub
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@lixivium3 I have a SmartThings hub, basically everything in my house is zwave, I want to put some zigbee out door lights in, my question is do I need/ will alexa work with both hubs
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@gaza3 why not add everything to SmartThings?  
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@gaza3 - I found myself with some Zigbee devices early on, and used Wink to control them (pre-Alexa days). Now that Wink is going to start charging, I'm bailing to another multi-protocol platform.  
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@viator which is SmartThings, or possibly even better Hubitat (where everything is local execute). Both of those support zwave AND zigbee. Echoes only does zigbee, so you're much more limited in what to buy later on.  
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@myers991 - Thank you! I thought the Echo devices only supported Z-wave.  
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@viator Move your Zigbee devices to SmartThings. Add Alexa to SmartThings for voice control Alexa becomes the voice and ears of your home through SmartThings. The automation capabilities of ST are far greater than Alexa routines.  
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@lixivium3 I have a zwave SmartThings hub they make both zwave and zigbee
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@lixivium3 - Thanks!  
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I just looked at SmartThings it can control both zwave and zigbee, when I purchased it from amazon it asked me if I wanted zwave or zigbee, which lead me to think there are 2 different ones
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@gaza3 what hub did you buy ? SmartThings supports Zwave Zigbee , some Wi-Fi (avoid when possible) and Bluetooth is planned
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Echo Plus is Zigbee, you will need a Z-wave hub as well.  
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Yes I'm using zwave with Alexa. For my deadbolts.  
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Yes, via SmartThings. But only use zigbee for kid lamps and cabinet lighting .  
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Yes smartthings. Its both zwave and zigbee no need for another hub. But if you do want a separate hub alexa will work with both.  
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Yes, through Hubitat.  
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I have zwave and zigbee, all set up through SmartThings and paired for voice commands with Alexa.  
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