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title: "9. Discover Smart Home Devices"
date: 2019-09-05T23:06:51+08:00
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There are a couple of ways to invoke [Discover](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/device-apis/alexa-discovery.html) 
directive, the easiest way to start is speak **Alexa, discover my smart home devices** to Echo/Alexa App or AVS devices.

1. Open **Alexa App** or go to [Alexa Web Portal](https://alexa.amazon.com)

1. Choose **Devices**, and then click **add icon**   
    ![](/images/smart-home/discovery-1.jpg?width=300)

1. Choose **Add Device**   
    ![](/images/smart-home/discovery-2.jpg?width=300)

1. Scroll to the bottom, and then choose **Other**   
    ![](/images/smart-home/discovery-3.jpg?width=300)

1. Click **Discover Devices**. Wait for 20s, the discover process may take longer.    

1. Once finished, return to the **Devices** screen. Now, you are going to create a friendly name for the lamp.   

1. Choose **All Devices**, you should be able to see a device named **Smart Lamp**   

1. Select the device   

1. Click **Edit Name**, and input whatever your like. After you change the friendly name, 
you can control the device through voice. Example utterance like:
    - Alexa, turn on the `<device-friendly-name>`
    - Alexa, turn off the `<device-friendly-name>`