Is there any way for my Alexa Skill to receive global timer notifications?

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SyzygyRhythm asked · Jun 24, 2019 at 09:31 AM

Is there any way for my Alexa Skill to receive global timer notifications?

I have an Alexa Skill connected to a device with a physical numeric display. Normally it shows a clock, which I can configure using intents. However, I'd like if it could show a countdown for whatever timer was set using the normal process: "Alexa, set a timer for three minutes". I don't want to manage the timer myself; really, I just want a notification when it starts (with the timer duration), and then another when cancelled or timed out. Is there any way to make this happen? (in case it isn't obvious, I'm very much a beginner here!)

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Answer 1 · 2019-07-05T22:37:03Z

KirkC@Amazon answered · Jul 05, 2019 at 10:37 PM

Hi @SyzygyRhythm. If I understand correctly, in the scenario outlined, I would be a user of an Alexa device and I might set a device timer by saying something like "Alexa, set a five minute timer" and further, that when this timer is set, your skill would receive a notification right?

Currently, this is not a support feature of Alexa skills kit. That said, as a developer you could submit this idea as a feature request to our UserVoice space here:
https://alexa.uservoice.com/

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