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@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ Because of this, you can only control your lights from within your local (home)
If you need to control WLED from anywhere (the public internet) you can do so in three ways, some requiring additional hardware:
### 1. Use an Amazon Echo device
### 1. Use Blynk
From version 0.7.1, WLED supports the free IoT cloud Blynk! See [this](https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/wiki/Blynk/) for details! It has a nice app for you to control the lights from anywhere!
### 2. Use an Amazon Echo device
If you have set up your Alexa device to control WLED, you can just use the Alexa App or another Echo device linked to your account to control your lights (on/off and brightness only)
### 2. Create a Port Forwarding
### 3. Create a Port Forwarding
This method offers more flexibility, but is also more involved.
**Keep in mind this causes anyone with your IP address to have access to your ESP8266!**
Setting up an [OTA lock password](https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/wiki/Security) is a must to prevent attackers from acquiring your WiFi credentials!
@ -17,6 +21,6 @@ _Unsure what any of this means or how to do it? Google for "[your router model]
Additionally, this opens up many new possibilities for automation! You can use a service like [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com/) Webhooks to send automated WLED API calls that can do anything from turning on the lights at a set time to changing their color if you get a new email!
### 3. Use hue sync
### 4. Use hue sync
If you have a Philips hue setup and sync WLED to it, you can control your WLED lights in any way it's possible to control your hue lights (hue App, Alexa (including colors), any other service that uses Philips hue API)