Language speaker
These ten things need to know every owner of an Amazon Echo
With the Amazon Echo, Amazon launched the first voice-controlled Computer. Now the second Generation has been introduced
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In more and more homes now is Amazon’s language speaker Echo. However, a few things you should know before starting out with his new roommate Alexa.
Alexa and your home, Amazon’s voice-in speaker, Echo, is now available in countless households. Yet so intuitive to use by language is, some things you should know before commissioning.
Without the appropriate Alexa-App Amazon Echo doesn’t work in the first place. With the Android and iOS App available do not set Echo only. There you can adjust Echo your own taste. You can find the settings by tapping the Alexa App on the top left on the three dashes, and then select “settings”.
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An Echo only for me
In the settings you can customize the Echo. For example, by teaching him his location. In addition, you can enter his work route, to ask in the morning, according to the traffic situation. And you can customize his recap of the day’s news, sports news, or celebrity gossip to add. So Alexa has exactly the information ready that you want to have really.
How children fit for the Alexa is?
Amazon places a lot of importance to the fact that Alexa is also good with the Little clear. She always remains polite, even the jokes are not always suitable for children’s ears. An explicit parental controls but there are not. If the Little ones want Gangsterrap or after the answer for the math homework questions, met Alexa the request without hesitation. You should always keep in the back of the head. The greatest danger: If you are not careful, to buy the children any of these things on Amazon.
To prevent accidental purchases
From the factory, Alexa can just order products over the network. To accidental – or secret – Shopping-tours to view, select in the settings “language shopping”. Now you can either turn off the buying by Alexa, in whole or in a PIN Code that locks the purchases. Because you have to say it in front of Alexa according to the, he remains not long before the children of secret. After all, you no longer have to buy a a Mistake.
Alexa without Prime
The voice purchases, as it is only available for Prime customers. The Echo also works fine without Amazon’s Premium subscription, but some features less, about the reproduction of music via Amazon Music. Instead, you can use for example Spotify or Apple Music or the Radio via Tune-In to hear. In the settings under “music” is a different service than Amazon Music as the default select.
Spotify properly use
Unfortunately, not everyone Spotify allowed to listen to users, even over the Echo of music: It is needed to a paid Premium subscription with the Streaming service. When listening to music on Spotify, it’s not enough to call Alexa a title and artist – it is also always the additional must be hanged “…on Spotify” in it.
Skills are the new Apps
What is the Smartphone of the Apps that are in Alexa is the Skills. You can extend the functionality considerably. Alexa may call about “Free Now” is a Taxi or by “Tagesschau” news of the news presenters read aloud. New Skills can be found in the App. To start a Skill, you have to ask Alexa but have to do so explicitly, such as “Alexa, ask the chef for a recipe for Apple pie.” If one does not, the tried Alexa but at least by itself, to find the right one.
Remain clear
Thus Alexa can follow you, you should Express commands simple and clear, even when Alexa comes with dialects is clear. The assistant gets to know their owners better, you can start at some point with the Mumble. It is expressed to be complicated, is overwhelmed by the smart Computer with the best high German.
Alexa Stop!
If Alexa sees again nothing or Accidentally start, to get you with the simple exclamation “Alexa Stop” immediately to Silence and reset the command. After that you can start in the rest of the front.
Weggehört
Even if the Echo is always listening, waiting for it to be a code word. You want to protect for a certain amount of time, his privacy from accidental Eavesdropping, you can key the Mute-the Microphone switch it off entirely. With a red glow, the device then signals that it is listening to now. Only when you press the button again, listening to Echo back the word.
Alexa baptize differently
On which code word Alexa is responsive, you can change, by the way. Very handy when there is an Alexa, or Alex in the household. The Option is located in settings under the name of the respective echoes. Quite creative, one must not be. Except for Alexa, only “Amazon”, “Echo” and – according to the model of the “Star Trek” – “Computer” to choose from.
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