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ASUS brings Alexa into its routers

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ASUS has announced the arrival of support for Alexa's voice assistant in its routers.

ASUS brings the Alexa voice assistant into some of its routers, offering its customers the ability to partially manage them with the help of voice commands. You can, for example, decide to activate or deactivate guest networks, Internet connection, Gaming and Multimedia modes, or ask to check the level of security of the router and much more without having to operate the management interface of the network device.

To activate Alexa just connect your PC, notebook or mobile device to your ASUS router and activate Alexa's support with one of the following methods: ask Alexa to activate the skill router via voice with the command "Alexa, open ASUS router" or by visiting Amazon Alexa on your computer or via app, search for the ASUS skill router and click on "Activate".

Compatible ASUS routers include the Blue Cave, RT-AC88U, RT-AC3100, GT-AC5300, RT-AC5300, Lyra, Lyra mini, Lyra Trio, Lyra Voice and RT-AX88U models. Thanks to Alexa, it will be possible to exploit the full potential of ASUS routers by carrying out, through simple voice commands, many operations that would otherwise be more boring and less intuitive.

Thanks to Amazon's voice assistant, therefore, network management becomes even easier. This is yet another demonstration of how voice assistants can make everyday operations easier.

The following commands are supported by ASUS routers:

  • Alexa, open ASUS Routers.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to turn on the guest network.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to turn on the guest network for 3 hours.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to turn off the guest network.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to suspend the Internet.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to reactivate your Internet connection.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to activate the game mode.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to activate the Multimedia mode.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to add a new device. (WPS)
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to start over.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to update the firmware.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to check the security level.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router how many devices are connected.
  • Alexa, ask the ASUS Router to enable surround sound.