How to Build an Alexa Enabled Smart Mirror for under $250 

"Alexa? Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the smartest of them all?"

when you asked Alexa about the sun, mine went off too! lol

THIS IS AWESOME BEN!!! Would love to see more!!

Nice video Ben, I'm on the fence at the moment about buying a Raspberry Pi but I think you sir have just pushed me to getting one a little bit more. Subscribed and look to seeing more footage.

at last I will be able to say : "Mirror, Magic mirror, on the wall - who is the fairest one of all?"

I love watching these videos because e ery single time my Alexa responds without fail.

Putting this project on the to do list

Excellent build Ben! I will be doing the same this weekend but using a 50" monitor and a small windows client pc I have laying around, the reason for windows is because rainmeter is graphicly amazing vs anything else ive seen. the idea for using film is great! and Ive just ordered a 36x 24 foot roll now because of your vid! Is there anyway to run Alexa on windows???

2:08 Oh frick my echo just activated and told me how many kilometers we are away from the sun. -

awsome bulid, hope to emulate something like this soon.

Very nice work indeed you did there m8 .is it possible to make alexa play music from youtube or give voice control to lets say open browser and pick a song from youtube? otherwise that is the point of having voice or even alexa on a mirror that only shows weather and time and tells you some info?should it not make it more interactive ?or even more put touch screen so do it manually ?

Great job. Thanks for posting.

Do you remember what %VLT reflective film you used. Was it closer to 5% or 60% or something in between. Thanks I'm starting a build soon.

Great video bro! One question I was thinking of doing the same thing and using a larger mirror with a small size monitor behind it so I don't have to use a lot of power running a large monitor. the question I have is, can you see the outline of the smaller monitor behind the large mirror?

program it to respond to "Mirror mirror on the wall", instead of Alexa. Normal person: "Hey Siri, How much water should I drink every day?" Me (an intellectual): "Mirror mirror on the wall, how many micrograms of Dihydrogen monoxide should the average homosapian consume daily?"

Nice build!

Great video, thanks for posting this and the guide.

First of all, thank you so much for your build guide! It's worked great so far!~ One problem I was running into was getting the USB Audio Adapter to work. Can you provide any tips/steps on getting the Plugable USB Audio Adapter to work on Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian Jessie? Whenever I try to enable the Alexa Wake Words, I get an error and know something's wrong with the audio setup.

I'm sure you've been asked this before but I can't find it. I hate laying Vinyl and Film, what are you using in the bottle ? Dish soap and water or a purpose made solution ?

Hey Ben, are you able to use Spotify through Alexa with this?

Nice work but wt about the power consumption? the monitor and RPi gonna be on all the time right ?! may be go to sleep mode if there is no one in front of the mirror but how we gonna wake RPi again, well maybe we need a surveillance cam or motion sen. for the trigger.

can you use this for a television and if so can it just be placed in front or does it need to go directly on to front of screen. made a cabinet and wanted mirror on the front but not directly on tv. do you think this will work? thanks

I have 4 identical 24 inch led monitors I'd like to try this with (because I couldn't bring my self to try this with a large, functional led television). Do you have any ideas about what the effects of having multiple monitors behind the mirror might be?

what if i wanna use a big flat screen tv though instead?? would that still work?

So did you just apply it directly to the screen?

Ben, great video I have a question about the microphone. What are your recommendations on a pi mic that works well with Alexia? Both distance wise and compatibility. I don't want to hide it behind the screen somewhere and use from 2-4 meters away.

alright i’m lost. just took the raspberry pie out of the oven but what do i do with it now?

do you think plexi glass will work okay?

How much for a ready Rasberry Pi?

Hey Ben, I thought that if you're using the Amazon Echo service, you had to have a button as it's against the T&C's for voice activation.

This is a really cool idea, thank you for sharing this c:

Which side of the mirror do you put the mirrored window coating, the back or front?

Hopefully i can do this

Would this be possible to be used with a LCD laptop screen with the correct driver board?

Any chance of a name drop on what monitor you finally went with please? I've been looking for one but not had much joy yet.

Hey, how did you manage to put Alexa and voice controls on the pi

dang! so just rip the working monitor, slap it behind the mirror, connect it to internet-ready processor like Raspberry Pi, use some custom app, frame the borders with wooden block, this must be a real chore to carry it around or even to hang it and to lift that weight may be special mount is needed making it hugely inconvenient making it not so portable. Is there anything that the whole mirror is the display unit in itself and that tiny flat strips run from the corner like we have those in tiny LCDS we order from China?

great project! how do you trigger alexa?

can we do google assitant instead of amazon assitant? any help/guide/links?

Doing this exact thing except not a mirror since I don't want to spend the money to make the mirror part. It's just a smart calendar. Check out DAKboard.com I am using them for my interface. It's closed source so font and colors aren't customizable (except font size) but every thing is white so it would be perfect for putting behind a mirror. I like that I can log into the interface from any computer to tweak things rather than having to mess with the code on the Pi.

Damnit you set my Alexa off lol

is that monitor has a touch screen?

Do you need the cpu to be connected?

could i put the mirror foil on a touch monitor ?

So...did you meet Linda?

How can I add internet, or music players to it? and a personak dekstop having shortcut apps ?

Hello Ben, seems I'm running into an error with the personal assistant setup, when running the code in the 2ND terminal window when the web browser appears and takes you to your/mine Amazon developer page to sign in. once signed in, then I click "OK", instead of getting redirected to a new URL for generating the "token", I get a error message. I have gone threw and correct my account setup. still not working. also, step prior to this, I had to move the file to the desktop, because is save it to pi/home, and the code wasn't working for the port 3000 to open. Did it take some time for your developer account to become "active"? I'm thinking because I made changes, this may be my fault and have to wait.

Does it able to play youtube video on voice command?

Hi i tried installing the software but i keep getting "Electron failed to install correctlt" . What is the solution for this?

Do they have these mirrors for purchase? For example, has Amazon created one, or is this just a DIY project??? Either way, shut up and take my money.

Hell of a job, Well done. Adnan, KC5OPH

I'm considering building one of these. Out of all the smart mirror projects I've seen, yours is definitely the most thought out, and best one overall, so congrats. On your build guide you referred to a USB sound card for the microphone, and a usb speaker. Is it possible to use that same sound card for input and output simultaneously? (since it has both audio jacks). Im planning to hook this up to the room's sound system, so the 3.5mm connection would be very nice. Also, I really like the GUI of this build: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fkVBAcvbrjU.html Would it be possible to have this GUI and Alexa running at the same time? (assuming CPU usage is adequate.)

Hey Ben, Great Job Buddy. Working On Same. Can You Provide Your Mail Or Twitter. Want To Ask Many Queries Regarding Alexa Controls Over Pi. Need Your Help For Future Work Too. Thankyou Ben.

im doing this for a class project and my teacher can supply that, thats why im curious

All work fine with the software but when I put: Npm start Pi @ raspberrypi: ~ $ npm start Npm ERR! Linux 4.4.34-v7 + Npm ERR! Argv "/ usr / bin / nodejs" / usr / bin / npm "" start " Npm ERR! Node v6.9.4 Npm ERR! Npm v3.10.10 Npm ERR! Path /home/pi/package.json Npm ERR! Code ENOENT Npm ERR! Errno -2 Npm ERR! Syscall open Npm ERR! Enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json' Npm ERR! Enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json' Npm ERR! Enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself Npm ERR! Enoent and related to npm not being able to find a file. Npm ERR! Enoent Npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: Npm ERR! /home/pi/npm-debug.log Help ....

Bro can I just send you a raspberry pie and pay you to do the coding for me?

lol build me one

Not that impressive using mirror squared. Try coding your own ui