Give your Echo new powers that make ordinary things feel effortless Alexa is more than a smart speaker—it's your gateway to a world of clever tricks and surprises. So, fire up your Echo, Fire TV, or ...

Every few months, I take a hard look at Amazon Echo and catch up on the latest skills. If you’re not familiar with skills, these programs give Alexa new tricks. What’s interesting is that individuals ...

You’ve got your newest Amazon Dot, Echo or Alexa enabled device. Now what? It’s time for Alexa to learn some skills! It may seem confusing at first, but skills ...

Bent on encouraging new Alexa developers, Amazon is offering a new Echo Dot to first-timers who successfully publish an Alexa skill this month. According to Amazon, 20,000-plus Alexa skill developers ...

Alexa is no longer “new.” The smart-tech revolution is now in full swing, and Amazon Echo is at the heart of it. According to Edison Research, nearly 40 million people own voice-activated speakers, ...

For the last two months, I've been living with five new roommates: Four guys, and an Amazon Echo Dot. The Dot was something of a housewarming present purchased by my boyfriend when I moved in at the ...

Amazon’s Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills — the voice-powered apps that run on devices like the Echo speaker, Echo Dot, newer Echo Show and others. The figure is up from the 10,000 ...

Amazon has been regularly updating Alexa with new, timely responses to queries. Most recently, she showed off some Halloween-centric abilities. Now that it’s almost Turkey Day, her new ...

Every few months, I take a hard look at Amazon Echo and catch up on the latest skills. If you’re not familiar with skills, these programs give Alexa new tricks. What’s interesting is that individuals ...

At last, you’ve found yourself with an Amazon Echo speaker. The Echo (or Echo Dot, or Echo Tap, or Echo Show, or Echo Plus, or Echo Spot) is now in your kitchen, and it’s ready for your every command.