Buttons for Alexa

First setup

Create your first Buttons for Alexa widget

Before you start, create and test the routine in the official Alexa app. Then add its usual trigger command to Buttons for Alexa and place the resulting widget on your Android home screen.

Buttons for Alexa main routine list

Setup step by step

Add a new routine

Open Buttons for Alexa and tap the add (+) button.

Buttons for Alexa add routine button

Enter a title

Choose a short title for your reference, such as “Open garage”. This title does not have to match the original Alexa routine name.

Buttons for Alexa routine title field

Record the Alexa command

Tap Record audio and say the same command you normally use to trigger the Alexa routine. The initial “Alexa” wake word can be omitted.

Buttons for Alexa record audio command action

Stop and save

Stop the recording to save the command. Use Test to confirm the routine works before creating the widget.

Buttons for Alexa saved routine command and test action

Add the widget

Tap Add widget to place the routine on the Android home screen. If your launcher blocks automatic placement, add the Buttons for Alexa widget manually from the launcher widget picker.

Buttons for Alexa Add widget option

Next steps

Once the basic widget works, you can configure Optional answer to Alexa for routines that ask for a PIN or another second input, explore multiple independent routines with labels, use on/off commands, run routines from Android Auto, or connect them to Tasker / external-intent automations.