How users see authorization
This section describes what authorization in skills looks like for users:
Smart Home skills login
In smart home skills, authorization is mandatory. It's only supported in the Home with Alice and Yandex apps. To log in, the user needs to do the following:
- Download the smart device manufacturer's app from Google Play or the App Store.
- Log in to the app, add a smart device, and set it up.
- Open the Home with Alice app and tap in the upper-right corner.
- Select Устройство умного дома (Smart home device) and then the skill of the smart device manufacturer. For example, Xiaomi.
- Tap the Привязать к Яндексу (Link to Yandex) button.
- Log in to the smart device manufacturer's app using the account from step 2.
- Download the smart device manufacturer's app from Google Play or the App Store.
- Log in to the app, add a smart device, and set it up.
- Open the Yandex app, tap the profile icon in the upper-right corner, and select Устройства (Devices).
- Tap in the top right-hand corner.
- Select Устройство умного дома (Smart home device) and then the skill of the smart device manufacturer. For example, Xiaomi.
- Tap the Привязать к Яндексу (Link to Yandex) button.
- Log in to the smart device manufacturer's app using the account from step 2.
Skill logout
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In the top right-hand corner of the Home with Alice app, tap → Отвязать от Яндекса ( → Unlink from Yandex).
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In the list of linked accounts, select a manufacturer and tap next to it.
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Check Удалить устройства (Delete devices) if you want to wipe the settings of all of the account's registered devices from Yandex Smart Home. In this case, when relinking accounts, you'll need to set the devices up again.
Leave this option unchecked if you want the devices to remain in the app, meaning you won't have to go through the set-up process again when relinking accounts.
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Tap Отвязать от Яндекса (Unlink from Yandex).
