Really?!? Only 66 votes for something so critical?!? lol
I first started seeing discussions about this well over a year ago, maybe two.
Previously, my interest in this topic was simply a matter of being aware of it (having been using virtual devices of all kinds in SmartThings for many years), and watching to see when it gets implemented.
Now…I’m not only shocked, but disappointed, because I think it may be the solution I need for this issue with Alexa on the Wyze Band…
If I had virtual switches in Wyze, I could probably fix my Alexa situation, because it would allow me to isolate a huge part of the problem (The voice processing portion of the Wyze-to-Alexa integration), and remove it from the process altogether.
The thing is, the Wyze-to-Alexa integration seems to be able to handle very, very, very simple things, like turning on a specific device, but when asking for a more complex sort of interaction, or attempting to get it to run an Alexa Routine, forget it.
With Wyze-based virtual switches, I could just ask Alexa on the Band to turn on a virtual switch…or actually, a virtual contact sensor would be better… (again, a very, very simple task that Alexa on the Band could probably handle), and let Alexa (or IFTTT, or ?) handle processing whatever else may be involved to make the rest of the desired automation happen (I mean, all I freakin want to do in the first place is talk into my wrist, and have it trigger an Alexa Routine. This does not seem like something that should be so difficult.).
p.s. There is no SmartThings instance in the mix for the project I’m working on. Otherwise, I would off-load the virtual switch needs to that (which is exactly how we all do it, for those of us who have it).