The FireBoard App, Part 5: Wearables and Smart Speakers

Spring-boarding off of our micro series exploring the capabilities of the FireBoard app, this post will take a look at some different methods you can use to access your FireBoard data, monitor your cooks and in the case of smart assistants like Amazon Alexa, control your cooks.   

While certainly the most convenient, using IOS and Android devices is not the only way you can remotely monitor your FireBoard cook.

FireBoard.io

If you want to view your FireBoard on a desktop workstation, click over to FireBoard.io and sign into your account as you would on your mobile connection.  This presents a great desktop PC view of your FireBoard data, with the same realtime experience.

Watch your current cook, or peruse your past sessions to figure out what you will be smoking this weekend at FireBoard.io.

Wearables

Users of FireBoard smart thermometers and Garmin wearable tech are able to monitor their FireBoard activities via the Garmin Connect IQ app that permits users to see temperature activity in graph presentation, as well as power level and connection signal strength.  Garmin app courtesy of one of our FireBoard customers!

Apps are available free of charge for Apple Watches and a variety of Garmin’s  wearables at the Apple App Store and Connect IQ Store respectively.

As is the case with most Apple Watch apps, once loaded on your IOS device, FireBoard’s app will appear on your watch, giving you the ability to keep an eye on your cook from your wrist.

Both allow you to view an active cook with a graph view of the session’s progress, monitor the strength of your connection signal and battery level.  

Spark SyncMode

If you own a FireBoard Spark you can watch a cook by enabling SyncMode on the Spark.  Click here to view our blog post announcing the release of SyncMode.  

Monitor all of your probes with your Spark in SyncMode.

Virtual Assistants

Ready to kick it up a notch?  How about using voice commands?  The FireBoard Knowledge Base has a thorough overview of this feature, but essentially Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are able to answer questions and execute voice commands.   This is super handy if you are busy in the kitchen with dirty hands and want to know what your pit temperature is up to, or your current fan speed.  Click here for a complete list of voice commands. 

Virtual assistants from Amazon and Google interact nicely with the FireBoard app, providing answers to current readings and executing voice commands altering settings on your FireBoard.