Amazon Echo Review
- written by Rupan Ghosh, ECE 3rd Year, KGEC
Do you have a new Alexa device? It might be the Amazon Echo, the Amazon Echo Dot, or the Amazon Tap. The Amazon Echo has earned tremendous acclaim since its launch last year. It's important to know the features of your new smart assistant. That's how you can exploit it for all its benefits and use it up to its full potential. The Echos' virtual assistant, Alexa, can do a lot of amazing things on your command. Now, there are two ways you can use it. You can either waste your precious productive time fooling around with it or read the top benefits right here.
Here we list
the 7 best things you can do with the Amazon Echo.
1. Call Your
Contacts
Amazon Echo brings the traditional landlines back into business. The assistant allows you to call any number in your contact list. You can use your Alexa device to make a voice call to any of your contacts who also have the device. Additionally, you can even leave a message if the person doesn't respond. Currently, the assistant offers no option for blocking specific numbers.
2. Grab Your Meals and More
3. Plan Your
Day
4. Make Your
Home Smarter
5. Read
Without Reading
6. Play Your
Choice of Music
Alexa can play nearly any music or song that you feel in the mood for. Although the default music player for Alexa is obviously the Amazon player, Amazon isn't that stubborn. Alexa allows you to set your own music services like Spotify or other such apps. So, all you have to do is just set your favorite music service as the Alexa default, and you're ready to rock and roll. Your assistant is smart enough to find and play your favorite music or song from its catalog.
7. Make It
Do Anything
Alexa connects to a lot of devices, but not all. There are quite a few devices that aren't compatible with your smart assistant. But that doesn't mean you can't control them. You can train your assistant to do more. The feature that enables your Alexa to connect with unsupported apps, devices, and websites is called IFTTT. Even though unsupported devices can't be controlled with voice commands to the Alexa, you can still program your assistant for various tasks using IFTTT.
So these are our picks for the best things your Amazon Echo can do for you. Apart from these, the assistant has a plethora of functions. You can get to know them all over a period of time using it. So, get smart, and get the Amazon Echo.