The small thermometers that you can buy and hang anywhere are quite cheap, but you don’t need to get them if you have an Amazon Echo. That is, if you have one of two types of echoes: a fourth generation Echo or a second generation Echo Plus. Both have temperature sensors built into smart speakers; you just need to follow your expression to make sure you get the result for your room, rather than outside.
The safest way to test this is to ask Alexa to tell you the temperature, to the point. Assuming everything is set up correctly on your device, you’ll get the temperature for your current location – just as you normally would. Remember this number and ask Alexa instead to tell you the indoor temperature. Specifically: “Alexa, what is the temperature inside.” Using the word “inside” instead of “inside” does not work. Don’t ask me why.
(I also found that if you designate a camera for your device Echo through Instruments from the app, you should be able to ask Alexa “What is the temperature [name of room]? ”)
The number you’re told should or the current room temperature of the Echo. And you can check this figure through Alexa application> Devices> Echo and Alexa> “Name of your Echo device”. Scroll down until you see the “Temperature sensor” field:
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Touch it and you can even start creating automatic routines based on temperature.
Obviously, starting a fan when it gets too hot is a perfect routine to set up, but you’re limited only by your imagination (and the number of Alexa-compatible devices you have). Me? I just want my Echo to shout the temperature once an hour. I wonder if I can build a routine for this.