Introducing My New Google Home and Question

[malliekm]

I've been wanting to be a part of this forum for a long time.  It's pretty slow but Google is announcing big changes every day (keeping up with Amazon's daily announcements) so maybe it will pick up around here   Three Echo Dots and one GH and three TP-Link smart outlet minis.

Question:  Can both AIs operate the same smart outlets?  The only reason I can think of that I'd ever need to use GH to operate my smart outlets is if TP-Link's servers went down (again).  So for instance, can my bedroom lamp turn on and off with Alexa OR Google Home?  GH doesn't show TP to be compatible but I know it is.

[renegade600]

I cannot think of a reason why you cannot use both if the device is compatible with both.  does the echo work when the tp-link servers are down?  If not, then gh most likely will not either.  but there is one way to find out  :-)

[malliekm]

I cannot think of a reason why you cannot use both if the device is compatible with both.  does the echo work when the tp-link servers are down?  If not, then gh most likely will not either.  but there is one way to find out  :-)

Echo worked but the TP devices did not.
I apparently wasn't thinking    If the TP-Link server is down, neither AI is going to work the smart plugs. 
Time to go to bed!