Summary: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amazon Echo</a> referred to by name as Alexa. Always ready, connected, and fast. Just ask. Designed around your voice. It's always on—just ask for information, music, news, weather, and more. Echo begins working as soon as it detects the wake word. You can pick Alexa or Amazon as your wake word. Echo is also an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with immersive sound. Features: - Information, music, news, weather, audio-books and more—instantly. - Controlled by your voice for hands-free convenience. - Voice recognition hears you from across the room. - Connected to the cloud so it's always getting smarter. - Remote with audio controls. - Connects to your Kindle Fire Phone or Tablet. - Bluetooth voice requests. Things you can say to get Alexa to answer: - Volume Alexa, Stop. Alexa, Volume Up. Alexa, Volume Down. - Weather (Confirm your device has a zip code for local weather.) Alexa, what's the weather? Alexa, will it rain tomorrow? Alexa, what's the forecast this weekend? Alexa, what's the weather in Dallas? Alexa, what will the weather be like in Boston tomorrow? Alexa, what's the weather in Silver City, New Mexico? Alexa, what's the extended forecast for Chicago? Alexa, what will the weather be like in San Diego on Thursday? Alexa, is it going to snow on Monday? - Shopping and to-do lists Alexa, add milk to my shopping list. Alexa, I need to make a birthday cake. Alexa, put dinner reservations on my to-do list. Alexa, add bread to my shopping list. Alexa, I need to make a dentist appointment. Alexa, put change oil on my to-do list. Alexa, I need to buy paper towels. Alexa, create a to-do. - Clock and timer (You can create one timer or one alarm by voice. You can also adjust the alarm or timer volume independent of other sounds by going to Settings > select your device > Sounds > Alarm and Timer Volume.) Alexa, set the alarm for 7 a.m. Alexa, snooze. Alexa, set the timer for 45 minutes. Alexa, stop. - Check your calendar (Your Amazon Echo can read events on your Google Calendar.) Alexa, when is my next event? Alexa, what’s on my calendar? Alexa, what’s on my calendar tomorrow at 9 p.m.? Alexa, what’s on my calendar Saturday? - Traffic (Amazon Echo can tell you about the traffic conditions on your daily commute. First, enter your starting point and destination in the Amazon Echo App. Then, ask your Amazon Echo about the traffic on your route.) Alexa, how is traffic? Alexa, what’s my commute? Alexa, what’s traffic like right now? - Facts and fun (You can ask your device all kinds of questions. Try asking about famous people, dates and places.) Alexa, how tall is the Space Needle? Alexa, tell me a joke. Alexa, what's the definition of serendipity? Alexa, who wrote The Hunger Games? Alexa, when is Mother's Day? Alexa, Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln. Alexa, what's the capital of France? Alexa, why is the sky blue? Alexa, who wrote Game of Thrones? Alexa, tell me a joke. Alexa, Simon says, "Jump." Alexa, how many ounces are in a cup? Alexa, how tall is Mount Everest? Alexa, what's the capital of Spain? Alexa, how far is the moon? Alexa, what was Bruce Springsteen's first album? Alexa, what's the square root of 64? Alexa, who is the lead singer of Green Day? Alexa, Simon says + words you want Echo to repeat. Alexa, how far is it from here to the North Pole? Alexa, what's the definition of paradox? Alexa, how many people live in New Orleans? Alexa, what is 5 miles in kilometers? Alexa, when is Thanksgiving this year? Alexa, how old is Barack Obama? Alexa, Wikipedia: Fantasy Football. Alexa, Wikipedia: Boardwalk Empire. - Flash Briefing (Listen to the latest news programs, hear customized news read by your device, and receive weather updates in your Flash Briefing.) Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing? Alexa, what's in the news? Alexa, next. Alexa, previous. Alexa,
