With this clever little device you can add Alexa to your car. It works by connecting to the Alexa app on your phone and plays through your car’s speakers via auxiliary input or your smartphone’s Bluetooth connection. It comes with a “vent mount” you can check whether it fit your car here. With 8 microphones …
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Ask Alexa 4 – Stopwatch
Asking Alexa to set a timer through my Amazon Echo Show is straightforward enough. “Alexa set timer.” “Alexa set timer for 35 minutes”. When you the time is up, Alexa sets an alarm sound and you say “Alexa stop” and its all over with. However I do a lot of work where I need to …
Portal
Portal from Facebook is essentially a video calling device. However it is adding features that will allow it to compete in the same space as products from Apple, Google and Amazon. With built in Alexa it can do anything that an Amazon Echo device can do, including play your music from a number of providers …
Ask Alexa 3
If you have an Echo Show then you have the advantage of displaying images and video. I use my Echo Show to watch programs from Amazon Prime Video. If you link your Facebook to your Alexa app you can personalise your wallpaper on your Echo Show. Open your Alexa app, go to the menu and …
Amazon Smart Plug
Part of the beauty of owning an Alexa controlled device or even having the app on your Smartphone is the ability to control your lights and electrical devices round the home. A useful addition to you consider is the Amazon Smart Plug. The Amazon Smart Plug will allow you to schedule lights, fans, and appliances …
Ask Alexa 2
One of the fun things about owning an Echo is the numerous questions that you can ask. “Alexa, what have you learnt today?” Today Alexa has been thinking about ways of helping to deal with writers block. The rest of us are worried about catching Covid 19. “Alexa, will you catch Covid 19?” “According to …
Amazon Echo Flex
The Amazon Echo Flex is essentially an additional listening device that you can add around your home so that you can access the various SMART features of Alexa. You can turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, and more with compatible connected devices. What it will not do is act as a replacement for a …
Ask Alexa
One of the great things about devices such as the Echo is the ability to voice activate actions. These are the top 5 in our household. Alexa set timer 30 minutes. Alexa, how long’s left on my timer? Alexa cancel timer! Alexa what are the lastest football scores? Alexa play Gold radio. To this we …
Amazon Echo Dot
The Amazon Echo Dot is now on its 3rd rendering. The Dot is the most popular of all the Amazon smart speaker devices currently available. The 3rd generation now comes with a fabric design and moves away from the plastically feel of the earlier models. More importantly the speaker is improved and so the Echo …