If you enable Amazon's Home Monitoring option on your Echo Show, you can use that device as a security camera. You can view its camera footage remotely in a way that's different from and slightly more discreet than using the Drop In feature. We’ll show you how to set it up, how t...
Amazon’s Echo -- and Alexa working with it -- need a compatible smart doorbell to make a connection. Without the right doorbell, none of this is possible.Amazon has a whole list of various doorbellsthat are compatible withAlexa, but for this particular example, we’re going to choose a...
To add this, orany of the other skills, just open the Skills section of your Alexa app, search for the capability you want, and enable it. You might also need to login to any accompanying service to connect your account to your Alexa. 4. How to control the Amazon Echo from a differe...
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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If you have an Amazon Echosmart speaker, one of the best things you can do is pick up anEcho Subto improve the overall sound quality. With this subwoofer, you'll get to enjoy all the rich bass in whatever you're listening to, making audio sound considerably less thin than it can with...
Please also consider subscribing to WIRED The Amazon Echo defies easy categorization. Amazon has placed the $180 gadget in its Home Automation Controllers category alongside remotes, security components, and hubs. On the Echo's product page, however, it's marketed first and foremost as a music ...
What does the Amazon Echo yellow ring color mean? Amazon’s Echo devices come in all shapes and sizes -- including cylinders, orbs, and screens. But there’s one thing they all have in common: Every Echo houses the Alexa voice assistant and uses an LED indicator light to provide clues ...
Note:This Alexa skill currently works only with U.S. cell phone numbers. Secondly, while we are showing you how to find an iPhone, it should also work to locate your misplaced Android phone. Use Amazon Alexa to find your iPhone The Alexa app offers a skill that can help you find your...
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. I used to enjoy using the Kinect on my Xbox 360 to control the interface using just my voice. You can still use the legacy Kinect — if you hav...