Since launching in 2014, Alexa has grown far beyond its original role as a simple voice assistant for music and reminders.

Your day is busy enough as it is, so why not use your Amazon Echo to help make things a bit simpler? You can program Alexa to automate any crucial parts of your routine with a few simple voice ...

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers are the best option for bringing Alexa into your home. We’ve got picks for nearly any setup and situation.

Open the Alexa app. Tap Devices. Select Echo & Alexa, then select the device you want to use. Tap the settings icon in the top right corner (it looks like a cog), then choose Communications.

Alexa is Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant that lives in smart speakers and displays. Using just voice commands, you can instruct it to play music, compile shopping lists, check the ...

Then it’s time to tackle your Echo’s annoying habits. With just a few setting changes, you’ll like Alexa a whole lot more. 1. Switch on Follow-Up Mode This one is all about saving time.

With Echo Show 15, Alexa can help,” said Tom Taylor, senior vice president, Amazon Alexa. “Echo Show 15 brings everything that makes your household tick into one place.

Amazon Echo devices cannot contact 911 on their own. After her death, Dagen's sister found more than 40 recordings on Dagen's smart speaker of her asking for help.

Echo can run several timers concurrently, and it will even identify which timer is going off by name. Just say, “Alexa, set a pizza timer for 20 minutes,” and you’ll receive an alert 20 ...

Researched and written by Libby Plummer Powered by Alexa, the Amazon Echo and smaller Echo Dot speakers can carry out scores of tasks from setting alarms and giving weather reports to checking ...

If you’re an indecisive person the Echo can help you make up your mind. Alexa can flip a coin and tell you if it lands heads or tails-it’s pretty good at being random with the results.