This app also shows you your latest request as "cards" where you can also provide feedback on whether Alexa did a good job understanding your request. The initial Alexa setup is done via the Android or IOS App. Have kids? Alexa can answer some basic question(although not as Knowledgeable as "OK Google") and can also do some jokes like knock-knock jokes. Other bonus uses in the kitchen include easily setting timers when cooking: "Alexa, set a brisket timer for 15 hours." 15 hours? Well, I do smoke a lot of briskets! Here's a post I did on Beer Injected Brisket: This is how I listen to my local Austin, TX morning news station: " The Todd & Don Show". You can also play 100,000+ radio stations via tunein radio: " Alex, play KLBJ five thirty A M" Then you can say things like "Alexa, play Pandora The Black Keys" and she will respond with "Playing Pandora The Black Keys station." Want the volume louder, just say "Alexa, louder" and yes it does mostly understand you even when the music is playing! Want the music to stop, just say "Alexa, stop." If you do have Amazon Prime, you will get access to play from Amazon's Prime Music collection but you can also set it up to use your Pandora account or your Spotify Premium account. When the receiver is off the Echo DOT speaker will take over and this works better than a direct wire connection using the headphone jack on the DOT.Īmazon changes their combo deals frequently. The Echo DOT works well hooked up to the receiver via Bluetooth. We picked up a Sony STRDH770 7.2 Channel Home Theater AV Receiver with an Echo DOT on sale for $222. There have also been several deals on Amazon where they have been bundling Echo DOTs with other products. This helps pay for things like website hosting and more bits & gadgets to write about. *Disclaimer: Most if not all links on this page will be Affiliate Links. Last update on / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API Turn on lights or the TV, set thermostats, control Amazon Video on Fire TV, and more with WeMo, Philips Hue, Sony, ecobee, and other compatible smart home devices. Ask Alexa to show you the front door or monitor the baby's room with compatible cameras from Amazon and others.Adjust the treble, mid, and bass levels with your voice. Play your music simultaneously across Echo devices with multi-room music (Bluetooth not supported). Powerful, room-filling speakers with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and extended bass response.Also, stream music on Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and more. Just ask to play a song, artist or genre, and stream over Wi-Fi. See lyrics on-screen with Amazon Music.Instantly connect to other Echo devices around your home. Call almost anyone hands-free, or make video calls to family and friends with an Echo Spot, Echo Show, or the Alexa App.Watch video flash briefings, Amazon Video content, see music lyrics, security cameras, photos, weather forecasts, to-do and shopping lists, browse and listen to Audible audiobooks, and more. Echo Show brings you everything you love about Alexa, and now she can show you things.
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