Smart home control concepts

Yango Smart Home helps you combine devices from different manufacturers into a single ecosystem that has a friendly voice interface. The manufacturer only needs to support the open device management protocol and create a smart home skill in Yango Dialogs.

How it works

Yasmina: Voice assistant Yasmina.
Provider: Smart device provider. A company that sells smart home devices and provides an interface for managing them. Examples: Phillips Hue, Legrand, Xiaomi.
Adapter API: Intermediate provider API. Accepts input requests in the Yango Smart Home format and converts them into requests to the provider's own smart device management API.
Provider IOT API: The main provider API to control smart devices that they manufacture.
Providers Smart Devices: Provider's smart devices.
Yango Smart Home: Yango's service for managing smart devices. Sends requests to the Adapter API in the Yango Smart Home format.
Yango Play App: The Yango Play app for smart device management.

Sample scenario

The user has purchased a smart light bulb and wants to control it using the Yango Play app and Yasmina voice assistant.
If this is the first time the user accesses the Yango services, the user account in the smart device provider's system must first be linked to the user's Yango account.
1. The user opens the Yango Play app, taps in the upper-right corner, and chooses Smart home device.
2. The user finds the developer skill and links the accounts.
3. After the accounts are linked, the device list is automatically updated.
Yango Smart Home requests the details of user devices from the provider.
Then the user opens the device management screen and Yango Smart Home sends the provider a request for the user device status. As a result, the user can see the device with its current status on the screen.
If the user wants to turn off a light bulb, they tap the off button in the Yango Play App. At this time, Yango Smart Home sends the provider a request to change the device state, and the bulb turns off.
Now the user wants to turn off the air conditioner using the Yasmina voice assistant. The user makes a voice command, such as: “Yasmina, turn off the air conditioner”. Yango Smart Home sends the provider a request to change the device state, and the air conditioner turns off.

Frequently asked questions

How do I delete smart home devices if I have deleted my skill?

Proceed to deleting the room to which the device is linked. When you open the page, open the settings and tap Delete device.