Send current listening to a Fire tablet: "Alexa, send that to my Fire tablet." Send to a different profile's Fire tablet: "Alexa, show this on [name]'s Fire tablet." Alexa commands for your smart home Alexa can integrate with loads of smart home platforms, such as SmartThings, Phili...
If your presence isn’t detected when a reminder goes off, Echo devices will treat it as a notification, pulsing a yellow light in the case of speakers, or an onscreen alert for an Echo Show. Ask “Alexa, what are my reminders?” to catch up. You can clear both reminders and notific...
Often, two options in a given situation lead to the same basic conclusion, or one of the choices clearly closes off possibilities in a way few players would choose. The dialogue isn't exactly high art (street vendors sell "fried ooze"), but it is entertainingly brought to life by game ...
was originally evaluating how various tablet games affect children's executive function skills. But when they configured the tablet to record the children's responses, researchers later learned their data-collection tool shut off the device's ability to "hear" the...
Then go back one screen to “All” and do the same thing with the Alexa Cards app. If you share your Fire tablet with family members, did you know that Alexa is disabled if you turn parental controls on? This is an easy way to shut off Alexa, without doing a bunch of complicated ...
You can find local restaurant by saying "Find a nearby Chinese restaurant". If you need to find it later, just open the Alexa app on your phone or tablet and look at the recent interactions in what Amazon calls "cards". The app shows reviews and further details. It also finds other bu...
I’ve been living with Amazon Echo and “Alexa” for quite a while now and I have to say that I’m truly impressed with Amazon’s offering. I held off on my review for a while because I wanted to be sure that I wasn’t just experiencing the honeymoon phase of a new tech gadget...
{{amazon name="", asin="B07CZ5K355", align="right"}} The first sprinkler system controller to integrate with Alexa, Rachio will let the assistant control sprinkler zones and manage weather delays, making it easy to shut off your sprinklers if there's a sudden summer thunderstorm. Get Rach...
I’m skeptical about how useful this will be in practice. The Echo Show must be plugged in for power, requiring you to stay in one spot throughout the conversation. My guess in that in most cases, a phone or tablet is going to be more practical. (Desktop PCs make you stay in...
Send current listening to a Fire tablet: "Alexa, send that to my Fire tablet." Send to a different profile's Fire tablet: "Alexa, show this on [name]'s Fire tablet." Alexa commands for your smart home Alexa can integrate with loads of smart home platforms, such as SmartThings, Philips...