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The speakers of the Amazon Alexa voice assistant have become one of the star gifts this Christmas. Therefore, there are many who these days are trying to get hold of their new assistant and learning all the options available to them.
The reality is that the possibilities of this type of assistant are practically endless. And for this reason it is easy that at the beginning you are not too clear about all the party that you can get from it.To help you a bit in this task, today we are going to show you 10 Alexa voice commands that you should know if you want to get the most out of your new assistant.
Voice commands to use with Alexa
- Alexa volume up/down: If you're listening to music and want to turn the volume up or down, you don't need to touch the buttons . Telling your assistant will suffice.
- Alexa, wake me up at 7am: If you want to set an alarm, all you have to do is tell your device at what time who wake you up. The next morning you will see how he wakes you up at the time you have asked. You can also set an alarm for every day.
- Alexa, what's the news of the day?: If you ask her this question, your assistant will give you a summary of what is happening in the world.To do this, you will have to previously configure your favorite media, although if you have not done so the wizard will help you to do so and it will only take a few seconds.
- Alexa, I want to buy…: As this is an Amazon device, you will have in your hands the possibility to ask her to do anything for you shop at the e-commerce giant. You can also request information about your orders or ask what you have in your shopping cart.
- Alexa, add toilet paper to the shopping list: The assistant also allows you to create a shopping list so you have clear what you may need to buy in the supermarket. As you will also have the list available in the mobile app, you can take it to the supermarket without problems.
- Alexa, what is the capital of Madagascar?: Your voice assistant will also answer all kinds of questions about geography or culture general.When you have any kind of doubt, you just have to ask it out loud and you will have the answer in a few seconds. No more wondering about anything.
- Alexa, how do you say butterfly in English?: A very interesting function of this voice assistant is that you can use it as a translator . Thus, you will only have to tell him the word with which you have the doubt and the language you want to translate it into, and you will have the meaning in a matter of seconds.
- Alexa, what is the square root of 49?: Amazon's voice assistant is capable of performing any type of operation math. From simple additions and subtractions to more complicated ones such as integrals. So you no longer need to carry a calculator with you.
- Alexa, roll a dice: The voice assistant will allow you to roll a dice, choose heads or tails, choose a random number... In any situation where you may need a random number, you simply have to ask your voice assistant to do it for you.This can be very comfortable when making simple decisions.
- Alexa, play the Top 40: Thanks to the TuneIn skill you can put almost any radio station on your assistant's speaker. All you have to do is tell it which channel you're interested in and you'll be able to listen to it without worrying about tuning it.
