Smart Home Video Guides

  • Videos 1

Control SmartThings Home Monitor with Alexa & Others

February 26th, 2020|

In this video, I will show you a workaround to get your SmartThings Home Monitor (STHM) working with third-party apps like SharpTools.io and Amazon Alexa using virtual switches and [...]

  • Videos 2

Remove All Amazon Fire Tablet Ads FREE (ALL DEVICES)

February 26th, 2020|

In this video, I will show you how to remove the ads from the lock screen of your Amazon Fire tablet forever. This will work on all models regardless [...]

  • Videos 3

Make Any Amazon Alexa Device Work with SmartThings

February 26th, 2020|

In this video, I will show you how to control your Alexa Device with Samsung SmartThings directly. If you are following the 3 steps to building the ultimate smart [...]

  • Videos 4

Install Ad Free YouTube on Amazon Fire Tablet

February 26th, 2020|

In this video, I will show you how to install a special version of YouTube so you will never see ads, gain the ability for background playback and always [...]

  • Videos 5

Get Full Google Play Store on Your Amazon Fire Tablet

February 26th, 2020|

In this video, I will show you the easiest way to install the Google Play Store on your Amazon Fire Tablet. Amazon Fire Tablets are extremely inexpensive but they [...]

  • Videos 6

Get Any Sonos Speaker Talking with SmartThings & SharpTools

January 17th, 2020|

In this video, we are going to getting your Sonos devices talking for use within your smart home. This isn’t exactly straight forward but it is not hard. Basically, [...]

  • Videos 7

Automate Multi-Room Music on Alexa Groups

January 15th, 2020|

In this video, I will show you how to set-up a SharpTools Rule that will allow you to play music on an Alexa group with just a tap or [...]

  • Videos 9

Update Echo Speaks | SmartThings & Alexa Link

January 3rd, 2020|

In this video, we will update our Echo Speaks SmartApp in SmartThings which will bring all of our Echo devices into SmartThings as individually controllable devices! It is very [...]

  • Videos 10

How to create and use a Virtual Switch in SmartThings

December 21st, 2019|

In this video, I will show you how to create a virtual switch in SmartThings. A virtual switch is not real but can be created with SmartThings and be [...]

  • Videos 11

How to Add SmartThings Devices to SharpTools

December 14th, 2019|

In this video, I will show you how to add newly linked SmartThings devices into your SharpTools. This will allow you to create dashboards and rules using all of [...]

  • Videos 12

Smart Lighting Automation Made Easy in SmartThings

December 9th, 2019|

In this video, I will show you how to use the Smart Lighting App built into SmartThings. This is one of the simplest ways to automate your lighting in [...]