The operation you wish to happen is shown as a Heading. The command to cause that to happen is directly below. You may use your paragraph key, usually the p key, to move readily through the page.
"Alexa, help."
"Alexa, mute" or "Alexa, unmute."
s"Alexa, stop" or "Alexa, shut up."
"Alexa, set volume to 5," "Alexa, louder" or "Alexa, turn up/down the volume."
"Alexa, play some music."
"Alexa, play music by [artist]." (Give name of artist)
"Alexa, play [playlist] on Spotify."
"Alexa, play [artist] station on Pandora."
"Alexa, play [radio station] on TuneIn."
"Alexa, play [title] on Audible," "Alexa, read [title]" or "Alexa, play the book, [title]."
"Alexa, resume my book."
"Alexa, next chapter" or "Alexa, previous chapter."
"Alexa set a sleep timer for 45 minutes" or "Alexa, stop playing in 45 minutes."
"Alexa, what's playing?"
"Alexa, play" or "Alexa, next."
"Alexa, restart."
"Alexa, add this song."
"Alexa, I like this song" or "Alexa, thumbs down"
"Alexa, set an alarm for 7 a.m." or "Alexa, wake me up at 7 in the morning."
"Alexa, set a timer for 15 minutes."
"Alexa, how much time is left on my timer?"
"Alexa what time is it?"
"Alexa, what's the date?"
"Alexa, when's my next alarm?"
"Alexa, cancel my alarm for 2 p.m."
"Alexa, snooze."
Alexa, when is [holiday] this year?"
The sound equalizer has three ranges that may be individually set.
Treble, mid range and Bass.
All three may be set from 6 to minus 6.
To set them just say Alexa set Treble to 5.
Alexa set mid range to minus 1.
Alexa set Bass to minus 5.
To restore original settings say, Alexa restore Equalizer.
"Alexa, add go to the grocery store to my to-do list" or "Alexa, I need to make an appointment with the doctor."
"Alexa, create a to-do."
"Alexa, what's on my calendar for tomorrow?"
"Alexa, add [event] to my calendar for [day] at [time]" or "Alexa, add an event to my calendar."
"Alexa, add eggs to my shopping list" or "Alexa, I need to buy laundry detergent."
"Alexa, what's on my shopping list?"
"Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing?"
"Alexa, what's in the news?"
"Alexa, what's the weather like?" or "Alexa, will it rain
today?""Alexa, what's the weather going to be like this weekend?
"Alexa, what's my commute look like?" or "Alexa, what's traffic like?"
"Alexa, what movies are playing?" or "Alexa, what action movies are playing tonight?"
"Alexa, tell me about the movie [movie]."
"Alexa, find me a nearby pizza restaurant."
"Alexa, find the address for Bank of America" or "Alexa, find business hours for Harris Teeter."
"Alexa, what is the IMDb rating for [movie or TV show]?
"Alexa, who plays in [movie or TV show]?
"Alexa, who plays [character] in [movie or TV show]?
"Alexa, what is [actor] latest movie?
Alexa "Who sings the song [song name]?"
Alexa "Who is in the band [band name]?"
Alexa "What year did [band] release [song or album]?"
"Alexa, what's popular from [artist]?"
"Alexa, sample songs by [artist]."
"Alexa, find [song or album] by [artist]."
"Alexa, how many [units] are in [units]?"
"Alexa, how many [units] are in 2 [units]?"
"Alexa, what's 5 plus 7?" or "Alexa, what's 56 times 33?"
"Alexa, 70 factorial." (Warning: Alexa will list numbers you didn't know existed for about a minute.)
"Alexa, what's the definition of [word]?"
"Alexa, how do you spell [word]?"
"Alexa, what was the score of the [team name] game?"
"Alexa, did the [team name] win?"
"Alexa, when do the [team name] play next?"
"Alexa, buy more deodorant" or "Alexa, reorder deodorant."
"Alexa, order an Echo," "Alexa, order an Echo Dot" or "Alexa, order an Amazon Tap."
"Alexa, add garbage bags to my cart."
"Alexa, buy this song" or "Alexa, buy this album."
"Alexa, shop for new music by [artist]."
"Alexa, buy [song or album] by [artist]."
"Alexa, send that to my Fire tablet."
"Alexa, show this on Alex's Fire tablet."
Important Note" In order for the following commands to work you must have all ready installed the corresponding devices.
"Alexa, turn on the lights" or "Alexa, turn off the living room lights."
"Alexa, dim the lights to 50 percent."
"Alexa, raise the temperature one degree."
"Alexa, set the temperature to 72."
"Alexa, discover my devices."
"Alexa, pair" or "Alexa, Bluetooth."
"Alexa, connect to my phone."
"Alexa, disconnect from my phone."
"Alexa, switch accounts."
"Alexa, which profile is this?"
"Alexa, Wikipedia: [subject]."
"Alexa, tell me more."
"Alexa, how tall is [person or object's name]?"
"Alexa, how many people live in America?"
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recently, noting some of the more popular or prominent commands you can speak to Alexa to prompt a snarky or humorous response.
"Alexa, beam me up."
"Alexa, set phasers to kill."
"Alexa. Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."
"Alexa, my name is Inigo Montoya."
"Alexa, I want the truth."
"Alexa, party on, Wayne."
"Alexa, show me the money."
"Alexa, what's the first (or second) rule of Fight Club?"
"Alexa, surely you can't be serious."
"Alexa, are you sky net?"
"Alexa, party time!"
"Alexa, when am I going to die?"
"Alexa, what is your quest?"
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Updated on ... March 05, 2020