Ten “secret” Alexa commands to maximize the virtual assistant

Alexathe virtual assistant of amazonhas various commands to use on a daily basis and they can be of all kinds: from announcing the weather and playing music, to reporting the news of the day and answering specific questions.

For these reasons, Amazon’s virtual assistant has become one of people’s favorites in recent months: not only because of its ease of use, but also because of all the activities it can perform.

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How to activate Alexa commands

People must follow the following instructions to activate commands with Alexa:

1. Say the tool “Go to Settings” or swipe down from the top of the screen and select Settings.

2. Choose Accessibility.

3. Activate the available functionalities.

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What are the 10 secret commands to use with Alexa

These are the 10 secret commands to ask your virtual assistant and what each of them entails

1. “Alexa, what’s the news of the day?”: presents the news summary and registers the media configured in the application.

2. “Alexa, what’s on TV tonight?”: users can ask for the programming of the television networks.

3. In reference to the temperature, people should ask the device: “Alexa, what is the weather?” It will instantly tell you the temperature, the weather in the city and the forecast for the rest of the day.

4. You can even ask Alexa if it is going to rain. “Alexa, is it going to rain this weekend?” Then the device will answer what will happen in the city.

5. If they want to listen to music, users must tell Alexa: “Alexa, reggaeton mode,” and the device will play the music that the users requested.

6. “Alexa, set an alarm”: You have to start the process of setting the alarm and then Alexa will ask for the time.

7. “Alexa, wake me up at 8 in the morning with music”: the device will set the alarm with music and will use the music service configured by default.

8. “Alexa, add ‘dinner with friends’” to the calendar: the tool will add “dinner with friends” to the calendar and ask for the day and time.

9. “Alexa, delete reminder”: will delete the reminder you have or ask which one you want to delete.

10. “Alexa, start five-minute workout”: Alexa will inform the exercise routine for the user to do.

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How to install Alexa in the home

Those people who want to install Alexa in their homes must follow these steps:

1. Open the Alexa app.

2. Open Devices.

3. Select the plus sign (+) icon.

4. Choose Add device.

5. Select the type of Smart Home device you want to connect.

6. Choose the brand and follow the instructions on the screen.

How Alexa answers questions

Alexa answers its user’s questions after searching for information on Google or connects them with certain applications. If the device does not answer some of the questions, they will have to go to the Alexa Answers function, a repository with answers contributed by the voice assistant user community.

The tool works through a combination of advanced technologies that comes with natural language (NLP), machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). These technologies allow Alexa to understand and respond to users’ voice commands efficiently and accurately.

Source: Elcomercio

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