The virtual assistant Amazon is seeping among many users, so it is possible that this Christmas more than one has received one of the Amazon smart devices with the integrated wizard. Don’t you still know how to take advantage of this virtual butler? Well, here is a great list of questions and sections so you can get the most out of Alexa.
A very nice, funny assistant… and cult
If you are one of those who find it hard to break the ice when you start a conversation, don’t worry, since Alexa loves to release some joke or curious information unexpectedly. To do this you just have to greet him with an “Alexa, good morning”, “Alexa, good afternoon” or “Alexa, good night”.
If you want to laugh for a while you can ask him for jokes or riddles:
Alexa, tell me a joke
Alexa, tell me a riddle
Alexa, tell me a joke about Chiquito
Alexa, when is your birthday?
Although if you prefer, it can offer you more useful information:
Alexa, tell me a story
Alexa, sing a song
Alexa, recite me a poem
Alexa, who is Google?
Alexa, what saint is celebrated today?
Alexa, who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
Alexa, how old is the president of the government?
Alexa, who’s birthday today?
Control your music
With Alexa you will listen to more music than ever, and you just have to ask. For this, you have to have the services you have configured, and you can use Amazon Music in Alexa , or listen to Spotify with Alexa without problems.
Alexa, put on relaxing music
Alexa, put 90’s songs
And if you are listening to a song and want to know what it is, you just have to ask it:
Alexa, what song is this?
You can also listen to the radio with the help of the many programs that are posted on the internet. Alexa uses the TuneIn service automatically, so you can listen to radio shows and podcasts by simply requesting it.
Alexa, recommend me a podcast
Alexa, put the podcast of Modern Life
Review the news of the day with Alexa
Your day can begin with a quick review with the morning news, and for that, you will only have to… yes, ask Alexa.
Alexa, what are the news today?
In Spain, by default, it will show you RTVE news, but you can choose your favorite news service from a lot of options from the Settings >> News section of the official Alexa application.
Make Alexa make your life easier in your day to day
All we have reviewed above are actions and requests that can be made at the moment and are nothing more than quick answers from the assistant to questions you ask. But what if the assistant anticipates you? For that, you have to give him certain instructions. For example, we can program timers, reminders and alarms with Alexa.
Alexa, for a timed 20 minutes
Alexa, remind me to water the plants
Alexa, set an alarm at 7 in the morning
From the Reminders section of the Alexa application, you can easily create, edit and delete all those alarms and announcements that we have programmed with your voice.
In addition, you can set an alarm with music, so if you want to get up with your favorite music, you just have to say “Alexa, wake me up at 7 with relaxing music”.
Create shopping lists with Alexa
Another of the tremendously useful functions of Alexa is to be able to create a shopping list so that when we are in the supermarket we do not forget anything.
Alexa, add muffins to the shopping list
Alexa, what do I have on the shopping list?
If you want to see everything you have on the shopping list you can ask it with the command above or enter the Lists section of the official application
Manage calendars
There is nothing like having an organized agenda, and if you can add the events with your voice, better than better. To do this you will have to select your favorite service in the Alexa application (Settings, Calendar) and choose between Google, Microsoft or Apple services. Once you have your account with your linked calendar, it’s time to give Alexa orders.
Alexa adds an event on Friday at 10 p.m.
Alexa, what do I have on the calendar?
Alexa, what do I have to do on Friday?
Ask for time
In addition to asking for time in a traditional way, you can ask more natural questions as if you should take the umbrella.
Alexa, what is the weather like today?
Alexa, do I have to take the umbrella?
Alexa, is it going to rain tomorrow?
Alexa, what will the weather be tomorrow in Madrid?
Restaurants, shops and services near your location
If you correctly configure your location in the Alexa configuration panel, you can use the functions related to the search for shops or traffic information.
Alexa, what movies are in the movies?
Alexa, what Indian restaurant is nearby?
Alexa, how is the traffic to the airport?
These are basically the essential pillars in which you can begin to forge a good relationship with your virtual assistant, but with Alexa, you can do many more things, and increasingly complex. We will tell you that in the next tutorial, where you can know how to light bulbs with Alexa, make calls to other Echo and even create routines to control several devices at once with Alexa.