Most good robot-vacuums have been compatible with smart-home systems like Google Home or Amazon Alexa for some time, and the Ecovacs Deebot X1 is too, however not many people actually get around to setting it up.
Ecovacs are the first major brand to include voice-activation out of the box, which they’re calling Yiko. Now, you can simply say “OK Yiko, clean the kitchen” and your robot vacuum will head off to clean the area. You don’t even need to take your phone out and find the app!
Here is Ecovacs’ official list of suggested voice commands.
| Start cleaning now |
| Begin cleaning |
| Clean my house |
| Start quick mapping |
| Make a new map |
| Mop the kitchen |
| Vacuum the bedroom and living room |
| Clean room 1 and the kitchen |
| Start vacuuming under the sofa |
| Vacuum around the shoe rack |
| Go mop the floor around the living room sofa |
| Come clean here |
| Don’t vacuum here |
| Do not clean here for now |
| Pause |
| Pause vacuuming |
| Continue |
| Continue task |
| Stop vacuuming |
| Stop cleaning |
| Return to charge |
| Return to base station |
| Exit base station |
| Exit from base station |
| Clean the mopping pads |
| Start washing the mopping pads |
| Start air drying |
| Dry mopping pads |
| Start self-cleaning |
| Self-cleaning mode |
| Start auto-emptying |
| Auto empty |
| Turn suction up one level |
| Switch to standard mode |
| Increase water flow |
| Turn flow to level 2 |
| Turn up the volume |
| Set volume to 50 |
| How much power is left? |
| What level is the suction at? |
| What level is the water flow at? |
| What is volume currently? |
| Where are you? |
| What are you doing right now? |
| Have consumables expired? |
| What kind of things can you do? |
