The Ring indoor cam is a compact plug-in camera that lets you see, hear and speak to people and pets from your phone, tablet, or select Echo device. By connecting multiple indoor cams you can watchover you whole house. It’s very to set up the Indoor Cam, place on a flat surface and mount on …
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Ask Alexa 5
Adjusting the volume on your Alexa device or version of echo, whether its a dot, show or couldn’t be simpler. I started off with “Alexa volume up” or “Alexa volume down”. There are variations on this like “Alexa, turn up/down the volume” or “Alexa, louder/quieter”. I tend to go for the option that requires the …
Echo Auto
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …