Windows 10: Can Cortana still control smart lights?

I looked at the article saying that Cortana can control smart lights, it said something about going into Cortana's settings, something about a notebook, and then something about Connected Home. The kicker is there's no notebook icon anywhere that I've seen associated with Cortana... Can Cortana still control smart lights connected via Wifi to a desktop computer running Windows 10?

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Cortana and nest

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



At present, Cortana can
control your smart home devices such as

• Turn lights on or off
  
• Set the brightness of a light
  
• Control a group of lights
  
• Set the temperature
  
• Turn the thermostat up or down
  

I would suggest you to check with the Nest support team if the Nest Hello can be
configured to Cortana commands.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Cortana can't talk to Philips Hue despite being connected.

Hello,

If you are unable to control your smart home devices, it could be that Cortana is not seeing it as the device connected. For us to isolate the issue in using Cortana to control the devices, kindly respond to the questions below:

• Are there any other smart home devices connected to Cortana? If there are, are you able to control them through Cortana?
• Did you connect the lights as a group or as an individual? If it's a group, are they under the same name, i.e. "Living room lights 1"? If it's just one, does it have a specific name?
• Are you able to control the smart home device using a different device?

We look forward to your response.

 

Unable to sign into Samsung Smart Home with Cortana

The steps listed here entail using Event Ghost for Cortana Integration. Not for Mac Users.

https://community.smartthings.com/t/tutorial-pc...

Event Ghost - Free

http://www.eventghost.net/downloads/

Control your Smart Home devices with Cortana

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/404677...

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