Integrations

Yale Connect can be integrated with Amazon Alexa and Google Home, allowing you to control locks by voice from compatible devices.

1. Open the Amazon Alexa app.
2. Go to More from the menu.
3. Go to Skills and Games.
4. Search for the ‘Yale Connect’ skill.
5. Press ‘Activate to use’.
6. Complete the details and log in with your Yale Connect administrator account.
7. Amazon Alexa will automatically detect your homes and ask you to select which one you want to integrate.

Please note: Your Hub and locks must be online during integration.

From Alexa, you can view the status of your locks, lock and unlock them. You can set permissions: ‘Open by app (Alexa)’ and ‘Open with voice’.

For voice unlocking, a numeric PIN will be requested each time Alexa is invoked. 

1. Open the Google Home app.
2. Go to Devices.
3. Go to the ‘+ Add’ button.
4. Select the ‘Works with Google’ option.
5. Search for the ‘Yale Connect’ action.
6. Fill in the details and log in with your Yale Connect administrator account.
7. Google Home will automatically detect your homes and ask you to select which one you want to integrate.

Please note: Your Hub and locks must be online.

During the pairing process, you will be asked if you want Google to be able to unlock your locks by voice; if you answer ‘Yes, definitely’, you will be asked for a numeric PIN. If you do not activate this feature, it will not be possible to open the locks by voice command.

When finished, you will see your Yale Connect locks in the Google Home app. From there, you can view their status and lock and unlock them.