Alexa dot present: things you do with it

[RidersofRohan]

OK, a present from my eldest son, so would like to find lots of uses for it if possible.
So far we have
1. Played some Christmas carols
2. Had a weather forecast

And that’s about it.
So what do funsters do with theirs? Do you take them with you in the van, and other than weather forecast what do you get it to do? Or do you leave it at home in charge of the house, doing what precisely? When you’re at home what do you use it for?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

Listen to music

 

[Chris]

Tell it to shut up when it/she suddenly starts talking without being asked

 

[Langtoftlad]

Ask it/her questions...
Timers for cooking
Alarm clock, audible clock
Sleep timer
Quick news/weather bulletin
Jokes

Movie quotes:
Alexa - open the bay doors

Just google "Alexa Skills", or...
...ask Alexa, what can she do

 

[Cal54]

I use it as a kitchen timer when cooking. However she obviously doesn’t like my accent and often gets the wrong number of minutes and then I have a right rant at her. I do however listen to music and love the fact I can just ask for a specific genre.

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[Tombola]

have one inthe van
make shopping lists
alarms
use as a timer/reminder
play radio
call the alexa at home to speak to fam
ask the time
ask questions facts
get recipies

 

[Paul and Kate]

Use ours for
Lights on and off also dimmer.
Tv on and off
Soundbar
Internet radio
Music through Spotify and amazon music
Alarm clock
Reading out recipes

We have two in the lounge connected together to give stereo sound.

 

[Bailey58]

Listen to music of course including our own playlists which we uploaded, not sure Amazon allows that now.

Alexa put more gin on the shopping list. Trouble is by the time we come to do our online order she rattles off the first 5 items so quickly we don't have time to write them down, then she asks if we want the next lot. Perhaps we'll call then list 1,2 and so on in future.

 

[sciac2001]

Excellent translator.... at least for Spanish.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Trouble is by the time we come to do our online order she rattles off the first 5 items so quickly we don't have time to write them down

You can tell her to speak more slowly...
If you have the Amazon App on your phone - you can read your shopping list from there...

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[Billy192]

and works great on 12v

 

[icantremember]

Makes a good paperweight!

 

[ShaKen]

I’ve multiple of them connected to smart devices and thus can turn on lights in most rooms (including dynamic timers), also control central heating (uses Hive controller/thermostat).

Can thus switch on lights, computer, electric heater, pump in the garden pond etc...

Linked to Sonos music system to play any music I ask for.

Use it to “Drop In” on other Echo / Alexis devices .... means I can use it as an intercom to any other room with an Echo Dot as well as an intercom to my elderly mother at her house (intercom will work to ANY other Alexa device globally that you configure access to)

 

[mitzimad]

shopping lists and music is out main uses weve both got the app on our phones so can both see whats on the list at any time you can also do todo lists

 

[Rosemary1]

Alarm
timer for cooking
listen to radio or music
shopping lists
recipes
news and travel bulletin
ask for information/questions eg tide times

our friend use the guard dog facility before opening the door to visitors

we have add ons eg switch lights/kettle/tree lights on

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[bigwood]

Like Cheshirecat I use mine for music in the workshop. It saves me taking my laptop with me.
I hadn’t thought about taking it with us in the van. I have only recently advanced to MIFI and the I pad. Tech things have to be advanced on me slowly at my age.

 

[Simon Meadwell]

Ask her to pull your finger !

 

[gus-lopez]

it shows the time.,not that anyone looks at it.

 

[Al-Di]

you can order blueberries

 

[Two on Tour]

We bought one as a Christmas present for Yvette's 90 year old mum this year, mainly so she can find out what time is during the night without having to fumble around trying to find her glasses in the dark.

In setting it up, we learned Einstein's theory of relativity, if the world was flat or not and also does Father Christmas exist or not, and it turns out he does as we had a bit of a chat with him.

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[Spriddler]

Reading all the above wonderful uses has made me grateful that my son gave me socks.

 

[kevenh]

• Broken Link Removed < "Uses Help" for a GA VA but they cross over in uses...

 

[Langtoftlad]

gift of socks.

Alexa will order those for you too, when those need replacing

 

[Two on Tour]

Reading all the above wonderful uses has made me grateful that my son gave me socks.

Bet you still have one of these in daily use.

 

[pappajohn]

Ask an unanswerable question like what came first... Chicken or egg.

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[Two on Tour]

Ask an unanswerable question like what came first... Chicken or egg.

We did and it came back with an answer of probably the egg as they evolved from dinosaurs.

 

[bigtwin]

‘Reading’ audio books.

Ian

 

[Rosemary1]

‘Reading’ audio books.

Ian

Yes we have one in the bedroom and I sometimes ask it to read me a story

 

[lorger]

I use ours for most of the above but also for some stupid things, I get it to make cat noises to annoy the dog I set random reminders for it to speak when I know the other half will be in the vicinity, I did get into bother for one reminder last year when we unexpectedly had a female visitor

 

[pappajohn]

We did and it came back with an answer of probably the egg as they evolved from dinosaurs.

Yes, but 'probably' isn't a definative answer.... Alexa doesn't know.

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