Bonus tip:The Alexa devices now respond to four wake words: Amazon, Alexa, Echo, and Computer. If you want the whole Star Trek experience, nothing beats telling Computer what to do. Here at Camp David, we still call our two black cans of joy "Alexa" and let hilarity (and some confusi...
Amazon Echo is meant to be used to communicate with Alexa, one of the world’s most popular digital assistants. Yes, in addition to playing music from various platforms, googling things, checking the weather, and even making phone calls, you can actually connect your ...
Connecting both an Amazon Echo and Alexa to Wi-Fi is easy. Alexa is simply the name of the Echo's voice-based service. As such, when you connect your Echo to the internet, Alexa comes along for the ride. To connect an Echo to Wi-Fi, you have to download the Amazon Alexa app for...
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Microsoft recently updated Xbox One to include the ability for you to use your Amazon Echo with Alexa to control the console with your voice.
Your Amazon Echo device and Alexa have been busy learning some new tricks. Long requested by users, messaging and voice calling adds yet another layer of usefulness to the enormously popular voice-activated speaker.
it, issue commands and if you want, it can also control a number of supported smart devices, all of which can be done with just your voice. Now, for an Alexa smart speaker like Echo Dot to work, it needs two main things, an Amazon account and a connection to the internet via WiFi...
How to get free Amazon Music on your Echo 1. Open up the Alexa app and select the play button down towards the bottom middle right. If you don’t already have the Alexa app installed on your device, you can do that using your designated app store. 2. Scroll down to "More Music ...
If you are in Australia — like me — and aren’t quite sure how to get your hands on an Echo and set it up to work here, I have a quick guide onhow to set up an Amazon Echo in Australiathat I wrote at Dev Diner on this very topic! Whilst you can’t get everything to work...
The Alexa flash briefing is one of the best features you might not be using on your Amazon Echo. Here's how to build your own personal one.