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 ...

If you've got an Amazon Echo speaker, you already know how much fun having Alexa at your fingertips can be despite the risk to your privacy and security. Whether playing music, answering random ...

Alexa skills can be fun and educational, but they’re not all created equally. Some of the games are useful and entertaining, while others are bland and buggy. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together ...

Amazon’s Echo devices can do a lot of cool things out of the box, but if you want to add extra features, you can turn to the Alexa Skills library. These mini-apps let you add new voice commands, ...

When Alexa first launched in 2014, skills were a way for third-party developers to make mostly free, voice-driven programs for average people to activate and try out. Thanks to creative third-party ...

Every year at the end of October, children (and some adults) in the U.S. take to their neighborhood streets for good old-fashioned trick-or-treating. Halloween is the perfect time to get into the ...

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, ...

Alexa, amazon’s voice-based virtual assistance like Siri for the iPhone, and Cortana for Microsoft Windows, is a cloud-based service. When first introduced, it was in the form of ‘Amazon Echo.’ Fast ...

Google has now officially launched a new “Google Nest” skill for Amazon Alexa, allowing Amazon Alexa-enabled devices to control some of its Nest-branded smart home products. More succinctly, allowing ...