BroadLink - Control smart devices

BroadLink serves as the ultimate companion for managing your IR devices.

Top Features:

- Top choice for IR remote control application

- Conveniently control all IR appliances within your household using a single app, including TV, air conditioner, set-top box, media box, audio equipment, amplifier, DVD/Blu-ray player, fan, lamp, water heater, air purifier, robotic vacuum, and humidifier. It provides excellent support for smartphones with an IR port, such as models by Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Huawei, HTC, and more.

- The most user-friendly IR remote control app

- With advanced AI and big data algorithms, BroadLink suggests the three most frequently utilized IR options based on your location and brand preference. Easily and accurately pair your devices with just a few taps, bypassing the need to navigate through numerous options. Explore unmatched AI capabilities exclusively with BroadLink!

- The most convenient IR remote control app

- Boasting the world's largest IR database, encompassing over 10,000 remotes and 3,751 appliance brands. You have the option to select from our official IR options, rigorously tested for reliability, or community-contributed IR choices gathered over the years, suitable for lesser-known models.

- Discover this remarkable app and transform how you interact with your home devices by eliminating the need for scattered remotes.

How to quickly link to Alexa and Google Home

Today, we are going to talk about how account linking works, why it is painful to set up device previously and how this process is improved in BroadLink app.

How account linking works?

Theoretically, when a user enables a skill in Alexa App, it takes you for an authentication process. Alexa asks the user to input the third-party credentials and the third-party verifies the credentials. Then Alexa asks the third-party for an access permission initiated by the user and it will be granted as the account has been authenticates. After account linking, usually the user asks Alexa to discover devices and Alexa will refresh the list of available devices from third-party. But how this is done on our phone?

Before What you do previously?

Firstly, let’s see how we do it previously. Remember, before adding device to Alexa or Google Home, you need to make sure the device is connected to Broadlink cloud. So, we test it through another Wi-Fi network or 4G.

Step 1. Open Alexa app and search the skill “Broadlink”.

Step 2. Enable the skill and confirm your region. Then select Broadlink account.

Step 3. Input your Broadlink account and password and link it.

Step 4. Discover devices. This process may take long time and you need to wait until it completes.

Step 5. The devices are discovered and now you can control them in Alexa app.

Isn’t it complicated? Indeed, Yes.

Don’t worry, we already noticed your pains and now this process has been improved. Let’s see how your setup journey is simplified.

Now What is improved now?

Alexa App-to-App Account Linking

Now what you need to do is：Just go to “Me” page and tap “Add voice assistance”. Then choose Alexa and tap “Link now” at the bottom. Broadlink App will automatically call Alexa App and what you need to do is just a simple tap of “Link” button. Alexa App will help you link your account without any attendance. Your devices will automatically show up and accessible.

Super easy!

Alexa current doesn’t support Android phones for this quick account linking. But Broadlink offers another quick method to accelerate the setup.

Still go to the same place and tap “Link now”. Broadlink will redirect you to an Amazon sign-in page. Please sign in with your Amazon credentials same as you used for Alexa. If this is the first time you use this in Broadlink App, an extra OTP authentication will be required. Check your email and input the OTP to proceed. Then open Alexa App and refresh it. The device will show up automatically after some time.

For Google Home, It’s almost the same.