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One of the main advantages of door sensors compatible with Amazon Alexa is their easy pairing with supporting devices like Echo Show or the Echo Spot. You can also create routines to alert you with voice when the paired door sensors trip.

Apart from the smart home advantage, door sensors (or window sensors) add to the security of your house by quickly alerting with an alarm or a smartphone notification.

However, contact door sensors are rarely independent devices. They need a hub or a bridge to function. The good news is that the hub supports various other smart home devices as well, and you can slowly add devices to build your smart home network.

If you’re looking for door sensors compatible with Amazon Alexa, you have come to the right place. These sensors are affordable and easy to install. Before we get going, check out the following,

The YoLink Door Sensor stands out from the rest by employing LoRa tech. LoRa is a low-power and long-range tech which makes it efficient to work in large houses. The Alexa compatibility means that you can also use it to announce which door/window opens. For example, if the door sensor is above the nursery door, you can craft a routine and have an Alexa-compatible speaker announce ‘the baby door opened.’

The good thing about YoLink Door is its long-range, which makes it perfect for use in driveway gates or garage doors. At the same time, setting up the devices is simple and pain-free.

However, this door sensor has a slight catch. It’s not an independent device and works with a smart-home hub. But the good news is that the hub supports other smart home devices. Once the hub pairs with the door sensor, you can follow the rest of the steps to integrate it with Alexa.

The YoLink door sensor is sensitive and is quick to react to changes. It is popular on Amazon and has received a significant number of reviews. Users love it for the Alexa integration and motion detection when it is mounted on a metal door.

If you have a Zigbee hub in your house, the Thirdreality Zigbee Contact Sensor is a good pick. But the good news is that it also works with tens of other devices like Smart Home Automation, SmartThings, and Aeotec, apart from Alexa devices. Like the one above, it’s an affordable device and doesn’t cost much.

The good thing about this door sensor is that it’s easy to set up, and several users have pointed this out in their reviews. For now, the company gives you two options. You can either go the easy way and install using adhesive tapes. Or, you can mount the sensor using screws. Thirdreality door sensor gives you the flexibility of adjusting the gap between both the parts of the sensor. You simply need to ensure that the gap is within 5/8-inches.

At the same time, this Alexa-compatible door sensor works well, and quite a few users have pointed this out. Like the one above, you can program the Alexa device to announce the name of the door sensor when tripped.

As noted earlier, it works with a hub. While the door sensor is not expensive, the hub may set you back by a few hundred bucks. But the good news is that adding smart add-ons is cheaper in the long run. At the same time, it has long battery life.

Last but not least, we have Wyze’s Entry sensor for doors and windows. Most door sensors do not work as an independent system, and this one is no exception. This entry door sensor works with the company’s Home Security System Core Kit. It’s worth noting that Wyze promises a battery life of 18-months.

The contact sensor is small to be mounted on any surface. The adhesive at the back makes it super easy to mount. At the same time, the quality adhesive means that it stays on for a long time. And even if it falls off in the long run, you can replace it with another piece of 3M tape. Another advantage of the small form factor is that it doesn’t stand out like a sore thumb.

If you have a Wyze security camera, you can program it to record video when the door sensor is triggered. Alternatively, you can also program an Alexa routine to announce the sensor name when tripped.

The core kit comes with the usual bells and whistles like phone notifications, creating rules, etc.

Apart from the one above, you can have a peek at the Ring contact sensor, especially if you have invested in Ring products in the past. It, again, is not an independent door sensor. However, it’s compatible with Amazon Alexa. It’s a little more expensive than the ones above.

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It’s good enough for small homes. However, you will have to ensure that your doors and windows do not have extra molding for them to work properly.

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Namrata loves writing about products and gadgets. She has been working for Guiding Tech since 2017 and has around five years of experience writing features, how-tos, buying guides, and explainers. Previously she worked as an IT Analyst at TCS, but she found her calling elsewhere.

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