Hive

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Welcome to Hive. With this skill you can ask Alexa to control your connected Hive devices.

To get started, simply enable the skill, then follow the instructions to link your Hive account and discover your devices.

Here’s a handy list of commands you can use:

Hive Active Heating
Alexa, set the living room to 20 degrees
Alexa, set the living room to 22 degrees for 1 hour (activates boost for 1 hour at 22 degrees)
Alexa, set the living room mode to boost (activates boost for 1 hour at 22 degrees)
Alexa, increase/decrease the living room (increases/decreases from the current target temperature)
Alexa, set the thermostat mode to manual/schedule
Alexa turn off Heating (If your heating is in Schedule mode this command will set your heating to frost protect i.e. 7 degrees for the duration of the current schedule slot. If in Manual mode this command will set your mode to Off)
Alexa, what is the temperature in here?

Hive Lights
Alexa, turn on/off my light
Alexa, brighten/dim my light
Alexa, change my light to blue / pink / purple / orange / green / red / yellow / white
Alexa, make my light cooler/warmer
Alexa, brighten living room by thirty percent
Alexa, set living room to thirty percent

Hive light groups created in the Hive app can be controlled in the same way as other lights with Alexa.

Hive Plug
Alexa, turn on/off my plug

Quick Actions (Scenes)
Quick Actions created in the Hive app can be controlled with Alexa. You’ll find them in the Scenes section of the Alexa app.

Alexa, turn on boost everywhere (where your Quick Action is named “boost everywhere”)
Alexa, activate bedtime (where your Quick Action is named “bedtime”)

Hive HomeShield - Smart Alarm System
You can change HomeShield modes with Amazon Alexa voice controls.

Set Away mode
Alexa, arm HomeShield
Alexa, set HomeShield to Away

Set Home mode (from Sleep or Away)
Alexa, disarm HomeShield

Alexa will ask “What’s your voice code for HomeShield”. Say either your HomeShield PIN or, if you’ve created one, your Alexa PIN.

Set Sleep mode (sets to Sleep mode in the Hive app)
Alexa, set HomeShield to Night

Query the current mode
Alexa, is HomeShield armed?
Alexa, what mode is HomeShield in?

Additional Features
You’ll need to say “Alexa, ask Hive…” for these to work:

Heating
Alexa, ask Hive to boost my heating (will default to 22 degrees for 1 hour)
Alexa, ask Hive to boost my heating to 20 degrees for 90 minutes
Alexa, ask Hive to boost the living room
Alexa, ask Hive to cancel boost heating
Alexa, ask Hive to end boost heating in the living room
Alexa, ask Hive how long has boost heating got left to run
Alexa, ask Hive to check the remaining duration for boost heating

Hot Water (if you’ve got a hot water tank)
Alexa, ask Hive to boost the hot water
Alexa, ask Hive to boost the hot water for 30 minutes
Alexa, ask Hive to cancel boost hot water
Alexa, ask Hive to end boost hot water
Alexa, ask Hive how long has boost hot water got left
Alexa, ask Hive to give me the remaining boost hot water duration

Tips and troubleshooting
When using the skill, you’ll need to specify the name of the device, group or quick action (scene) you want to control. You can easily rename these in the Hive app. Using simple names, such as “Living Room” or “Kitchen”, will work best with Alexa. If you make any changes, remember to ask Alexa to “discover devices”.

If you have any problems controlling your Hive devices with Alexa, try these steps to get things working again.

- Check the names of your devices. Avoid using names that Alexa might find difficult to understand. It’s also best to have unique names for each device.
- Ask Alexa to “discover devices”. You can also do this in the Alexa app.
- If you’re still having issues, try disabling and re-enabling the skill.

In order to use Hive with Alexa, you’ll need:
- A Hive account
- Hive Hub or Hive Hub 360
- One or more of the following Hive devices: Hive Active Heating, Hive Light, Hive Plug or Hive HomeShield