Discover the Power of Alexa - Your Personal Voice Assistant
Welcome to the world of Alexa, your personal voice assistant. In this video, we'll explore the features and benefits of Alexa.
Alexa is a voice-controlled virtual assistant. She can play audio, control your smart home, answer questions and engage your favorite services to keep you organized, informed, safe, connected and entertained. As a product of Amazon, she’s also your personal shopper.
Based in the cloud, Alexa is accessed through a growing number of smart speakers and other Alexa-enabled devices.
The birth of Alexa.
Alexa was inspired by science fiction: According to David Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president who oversaw the initiative, Alexa creators aimed to reinvent the conversational computer onboard Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise. She made her debut in 2014 alongside the Echo smart speaker.
In addition to suitable phonetics, Alexa’s name intends to evoke Egypt’s Ancient Library of Alexandria.
Simply speak to Alexa and watch it perform tasks for you. From playing your favorite music.
What can Alexa do?
Alexa is like the software that powers your smartphone, but instead of apps, she uses skills. Like your smartphone, Alexa includes many skills out-of-the-box, while others can be enabled by choice.
Amazon’s skills collection already exceeds 25,000, including many from brands you use frequently. That collection grows by the day.
Among Alexa’s most popular capabilities, she can:
Play music.
Report the news.
Check the weather.
Offer sports updates.
Play podcasts.
Stream live radio.
Control your smart home.
Manage your lists and calendars.
Call phones and other Alexa-enabled devices.
Set timers and alarms.
Play audiobooks.
Find local business information.
Answer questions.
Do math.
Tell stories.
Administer games.
Tell jokes.
Summon a ride.
Order dinner.
Find recipes.
Teach history lessons.
Shop on Amazon.
Make Alexa yours.
To make Alexa your digital assistant, you’ll need an Alexa-enabled device, where you’ll issue commands. For most current users, that’s a smart speaker, such as Amazon’s own line of Echo devices.
You’ll configure, personalize and manage Alexa in the companion app, available in the Apple, Google Play and Amazon app stores. It’s also available as a web app at alexa.amazon.com.
Among a variety of other administrative tasks, the app allows you to:
Pair Alexa with Alexa-controlled devices.
Set your default services, such as your preferred calendar and music-streaming services, and link associated accounts.
See and manage your lists, alarms, reminders and timers.
View your skills and enable new ones.
Group speakers for Multi-Room Audio, and smart home devices for bulk control.
Assemble your flash briefing.
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