Amazon vs Google, which is better for home automation (don't are about other stuff)

Absolutely. I'm thinking more in terms of, before the Bosch integration was done, I would create a virtual switch/contact on HE. My ecolink firefighter if tripped by my nest protects would then turn on the virtual switch/contact. This was monitored by Alexa. If alexa saw the change, it would in turn use the Bosch Home Connect skill to turn on my stove hood to high (home connect is also cloud based). This is useful for that oddball wifi cloud device someone may have. An integration as been created for Home Connect now though so I don't use Alexa for that purpose.

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