With just a few quick steps, customers can connect their Vivint system to Amazon’s Alexa, streamlining home security and smart-home devices with voice control.

You'll link your compatible smart home devices with the Alexa app to get started. Then, you can create smart home automation routines in a few minutes.

You can review your Alexa Smart Home history, too. Select the category for Manage Skill Permissions. At this page, you can view and delete any permissions you’ve granted to different Alexa skills.

In addition, it unveils a demonstration Smart Home Skill for Amazon Alexa targeted at home automation product designs.

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Google has introduced a new Alexa Skill that allows Amazon-made devices to play video from the search giant's latest Nest Cam devices, allowing users of the Amazon Echo Show, Fire TV and Fire ...

Both Alexa and Google (alongside many other smart home players) have also signed onto Matter, an interoperability standard meant to boost device compatibility. What do you think so far?