There’s no reason that your smart home needs to end at your front door anymore. Pretty soon you’ll be able to add a smart lawn mower to your WiFi network. This week, Husqvarna announced a new service that they’re calling “Just Ask Alexa,” expected to launch on September 1. This new service will allow owners of certain Husqvarna smart lawn mowers to control their little robots using voice commands through Amazon Echo devices or other systems equipped with Amazon’s Alexa. When the service launches, it will be available on all their Automower Connect equipped mowers. This includes both new models and all existing Husqvarna mowers with the connected features.

Husqvarna has already proven the usefulness and marketability of robotic mowers. Besides saving owners the labor of manually cutting the grass, the battery-powered robots also are quieter and cleaner than their gas-burning counterparts. The robotic mowers are designed to run on a daily or near-daily schedule so that they only cut a small amount at a time, thus maintaining a more even and healthier lawn.

“Alexa, go cut the grass!”

With the announcement of this new Alexa skill, Husqvarna brings to robotic mowers a feature that has been available on a few robotic vacuums for a while — the ability to start and stop on voice command rather than fumbling for a remote or cell phone. Initially, voice commands will include start, stop, and park. Automower owners can already use a smartphone app to do all of the above, in addition to updating the mower’s settings and getting its GPS location. There’s no word yet on when these features will be added to “Just ask Alexa” or if there will be additional options. If there’s a command to clean up after the dog, then mine is already on pre-order.