To ask for Alexa tips?

[Chipsahoy82]

Got an Amazon Echo for Christmas. What do you guys mainly use it for? I only really use it for listening to Spotify at the moment and am struggling to find other practical uses! I’m sure Alexa can make my life easier but I’m not quite sure how, so I’m looking for some good tips!

Ask her to read stories. She personalised ours with the kids names lol

We got one for Christmas too. The children have asked her to play a song, stopped her after a few seconds, asked her to play a different song, stopped her after a few seconds.... You get the idea. They've also played the 'what animal am I?' game which seems good fun.

Enable the "ask for a fart" skill, then say "Alexa, ask for a fart". The kids will love it!

I am sure the novelty will wear off!

I have ordered one for the car (there is no way to connect my phone to the car stereo and this seemed a cheaper option that getting blue tooth installed). Am quite looking forward to it!

Watching with interest.

we got snarked by Alexa when we asked her to open the pod bay doors

We use ours for our heating but mostly I ask mine to play radio 2 and play Paul Simon

Alexander help me sleep....She plays loads of relaxing white noise, or rainforest sounds etc

My friend's son (6 years old) complained Alexa only knows 3 Pokemons - Pikachu and 2 more so if you ask any Pokémon questions you won't get the right answer. Obviously needs a Pokémon update..

We've had an Echo for a few weeks and Alexa is very tolerant of my six year old barking orders at her.

I love the ocean sounds while I'm going to sleep.

Hoping to get some more tips here on how to get the best out of alexa.

She will gives me the weather in Fahrenheit- any idea how to get her to do C?

Not sure Hermione but I wanted to know that too!

I got an Echo the other day. I've played around with it a bit and asked for some 70s music yesterday and 8 hours later it was still playing. Really want to use it to get the best out of it though.

Don't use it. We've had one for 6 months (DH's - he thinks it's fab), and ours will randomly say "I'm sorry, I didn't hear that" when DS and I are talking and haven't said anything that sounds like "Alexa". 😱 Never does it when DH is around though. 🤔

There is a FB group for Alexa users. I’ve downloaded some apps from there (IFTTT & Stringify) which help with home automation too.

@Hermione you have to go into the alexa app on your phone and change the default settings eg metric or degrees c etc

I've just had one delivered! I've set her up and linked her to Spotify, and she's now playing my music. Very excited!

@rainbowduck How will you use it in the car when it needs a constant power source and WiFi?

My daughter has one, she loves lying in bed listening to audio books, listens to music, asks for jokes and facts.

Anyone able to help me. Main Alexa app is set up by DH. I've downloaded the app too and have tried many times to do the add user (not my DH) but keep getting an error message!? Any ideas?

DS got one for Christmas. Biggest surprise is that it has to be plugged in. Seems so basic, when most gadgets are rechargeable.

@Valerrie Most cars have USB ports these days so it can be plugged in using its cable, and you can create a hotspot on your phone which will broadcast WiFi to the dot. You'd need a good monthly data allowance, but lots of people have dots in their cars (judging by the Facebook Alexa groups I'm on) so it must work!

I have been reading and re-reading the specs for these devices. I'm normally quite techy but I can't understand, what's the difference between:

• Echo
• Dot
• Alexa?

Is Alexa the voice on the Echo and the Dot? If so, what's the difference between the two?