How to use Alexa: Guides, tips, tricks and how-tos for getting the most Amazon's voice assistant.
Step 1:To access your radio stations, just say, “Alexa, ask MyTuner to play X92.9 Calgary,” or whatever the name is of your favorite station. You can also say something like, “Alexa, ask radio.com to play NPR,” and it will automatically locate the affiliate nearest to your location...
AmazonAlexais one of the most popular smart assistants available. With support for a wide range of devices and the ability to check the news, give a quick update on your favorite sports team, or perform hundreds of other tasks, it’s an incredibly useful piece of software. But it’s the...
You can use the Alexa app to configure Alexa for use on any Echo device. You can also use the Alexa app as a freestanding digital assistant, just as you would Siri on an Apple iPhone. When you open the Alexa app you should see the home screen. If not, tap theHomeicon at the botto...
Just say, “Alexa, find my phone.” Alexa will then place a phone call to you to help locate your phone. You canlearn more about this Alexa skillon Amazon’s website. What do you think of this? Are you going to set this up and use Alexa to find your phone when you can’t? Le...
This week, Amazon launched Alexa Cast for its Echo line of smart speakers. Alexa Cast allows you to cast audio from the Amazon Music app on your phone to the Echo and Alexa-connected speakers, like the Sonos One, without having to use your voice. It’s not a particularly new feature ...
Once you pair your phone once it should be easier to use your Echo as a Bluetooth speaker. Whenever you want to connect your phone to your Echo you just need to say "Alexa, connect to my phone." Now that you've mastered turning Alexa into a speaker, maybe you cantry activating Super...
“Alexa, show settings” takes you to the settings app. Microsoft’s Zack Johnson, a development lead that works on speech interaction for the Xbox One, linked me to an Xbox Support document that listsevery command you can use with Alexa and your Xbox One. I recommend looking over the lis...
“Alexa, tell Xbox to pause.” “Alexa, tell Xbox to turn it up.” “Alexa, tell Xbox to record that.” “Alexa, tell Xbox to start a party.” The experience is rather seamless. After giving a voice command, Alexa and Xbox are responsive. But is this the most practical use case?
This step-by-step guide will show you how to use the Alexa Drop In feature, so you can use your echo devices as an intercom system.