To start a new conversation or call, tap the Contacts icon. It looks like a person in the upper right corner. Tap the music icon to control audio playback. This icon looks like 3 vertical bars like an equalizer at the bottom of the screen. Tap "Queue" to scroll through and select a different song from the current album. Tap "Queue" at the top of the screen to scroll through and select an earlier episode of the podcast.
When Alexa is reading a Kindle book, you have the same controls as with an Audible book except you cannot seek to a different point in the chapter. Tap "History" in the top-right corner to view a list of all the music, podcasts, and audiobooks you have played. This comes in handy if you were listening to shuffled songs and want to find the name of a song that was played or play it again.
Tap the Alexa icon to ask Alexa a question. Currently, this only works on the latest version of the Android app but iPhone support is being added soon. The Alexa icon looks like a speech bubble with a blue icon and is in the middle of the bottom of the screen. While timers, alarms, and volume cannot be set when using Alexa from the Alexa app, most other questions work fine.
Just tap the Alexa icon instead of saying the "Alexa" trigger word. Where do I find guidance on how to make that happen? You can connect different music streaming services, such as Spotify and Pandora, and say, "Alexa, play classical music in Spotify.
Not Helpful 4 Helpful 3. Check that your router is working. While your network hardware restarts, unplug the power adapter from your Echo device for 3 seconds, then plug it back in. Make sure that you're using the included power adapter for your Echo device. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 3. The company is working on adding languages other than English, as well as support for the international market. While the apps described above cover the most widely used basic functionalities, Hound takes a step further.
On a lighter side, you can play interactive games like Hangman. The company launched partnerships with Yelp and Uber to make features like getting restaurant information and hailing a ride more precise.
Another interesting feature is that it can translate whole sentences practically in real-time. This speech-based app is only available for United States residents. However, the process of getting the app out of beta and ready for public consumption was pretty quick, so we may see some international development.
Also, there are still occasional bugs within the app. Like its counterparts, the app supports calling, sending messages, and providing the latest information on the weather, news, and more. However, the functionality still needs some work. Intentionally or not, a lot of features available on Robin are related to car use. For example, it offers GPS navigation, gives live traffic updates, and shows the prices for gas directly on the map.
You can even specify what kind of gas you need, and it will guide towards the closest station. It comes in two versions: free, which contains a number of ads, and Pro. The former option covers basic functionality, whereas the Pro one provides some appealing features like TV-Receiver control, wake up mode, and others. You can control devices that are accessible over a web interface with your own preset commands. As far as voice commands go, the app gives you the option to define specific phrases to invoke a certain action.
This is done to minimize the risk of the app not understanding what you want. AIVC performs actions on other websites and services so you can compose emails, make Facebook posts, or move over to a navigation app. DataBot is one of the simpler Android Personal assistants. You can play around with it, ask for jokes and riddles, or do other goofy stuff, but it can actually be pretty useful for various tasks. You can ask the bot to make searches online, schedule events, and make calls by just using your voice.
It is a cross-platform application so you can sync it across all your devices: smartphones, tablets, and laptops. That way, you get a coherent, all-around hands-free experience.
A slight inconvenience that DataBot has is that it comes with ads and in-app purchases. But it's taken longer for Amazon's handy personal assistant to arrive on our pockets.
Then Huawei added Alexa to its Mate 9 phone. Surprisingly, there are multiple ways you can access Amazon's digital assistant from your Android phone. Regardless of how you summon Alexa from your phone, here are some things you might say:. An update at the beginning of brought Alexa into the one place it should have been all along: The Alexa app.
Now when you open the app, the Alexa symbol is located in the center of the tool bar at the bottom of the app. Tapping this will cue up the assistant just as it would when you say the wake word to an Alexa speaker. The first place Alexa was available on Android was the Amazon Shopping app. When you open the app, you'll see a microphone icon in the upper right corner, above the search bar. Before, this was simply a voice search function that you could use to find stuff to buy or track your orders.
An epic crafting and mining game! Free mobile gaming platform app. Take back control with Alexa A smart app that lets your phone communicate with other devices using the Alexa system. Where can you run this program? Is there a better alternative?
Our take This app checks off many areas in the list of a good quality program. Should you download it? Highs Simple interface Integrates with third-party apps Voice-controlled system.
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