How IoT appliances actually work?

Question

So, I’m curious on how IoT \[internet of things?\] applicance works.

You just hook up stuff to internet and controlling it through phone and voice that somehow translated to the command to turn things on/off?

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I work in IoT appliances, and here’s how they work:

In normal appliances, the buttons on the user interface translate into commands that tell the appliance what to do.

In connected appliances, these same commands can also come from a wifi or bluetooth signal.

Bluetooth signals can be used when the phone and appliance are in close proximity (and if the appliance supports it). In this case, the phone is sending signals directly to the appliance.

For wifi communication, your appliance, your phone, and any voice assistants like Alexa are connected to the internet. The appliance, app, and assistant have all shared account information that let them talk to a central server. All of them send commands and status information to the account on the server, then the server routes those commands to who needs them.