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Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple’s home apps all at once?

There have technically been ways for a device to be set up on, say, Alexa and Apple Home, but the process has been buggy, involves generating "secondary codes," and is kind of an unpaid junior sysadmin job. Solar inverters and arrays, battery storage systems, heat pumps, and water heaters join the list. Kevin is a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, covering open-source software, PC gaming, home automation, repairability, e-bikes, and tech history.

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