Just to clarify: The SmartHomeDevices update of the amazonechocontrol binding is good for two things:
- control SmartHome devices directly connected to an Echo Plus (via Zigbee, I believe), and
- control SmartHome devices controlled by a separate hub that the Amazon devices know to control through an Alexa Skill
If 2) is correct that means that you can control devices that have an Alexa skill but no openHab binding. Turning this argument around, that does also imply that a separate openHab binding from say, xiaomi or innogy, is not necessary anymore, if an Alexa SmartHome Skill from that company exists, right? So you can choose whether you control your devices through the native binding or the amazonechocontrol binding. That raises the question: Is there an advantage of using the new amazonechocontrol functionality over a native binding provided by the companies, e.g. in terms of response time and whatnot?