How to set up Alexa

How to set up Alexa

 

How to set up Alexa

  • Alexa is a voice assistant that comes standard on Amazon's Echo range devices and allows you to give instructions using voice commands.
  • If you want to get the most out of your smart speakers, you need to know how to configure Alexa on Echo devices: here is a tutorial.
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If you are a user of a Amazon smart speaker You have your best ally in Alexa. It is a digital assistant from Jeff Bezos' company that allows you to control Echo devices using voice commands. In addition, it can be used for queries, news, to tell you what the weather is like and much more.

But you know how to set up Alexa on devices Echo and take advantage of all its benefits? This article I will explain it to you.
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In addition to controlling Echo speakers, Alexa allows you to manage a series of products, including televisions, sound bars, light bulbs and headphones. 

It is estimated that, apart from the Echo range, there are around more than 20.000 products that work under the orders of the Amazon assistant, although many of them can be managed through the Echo themselves.

Next, I explain to you how to set up Alexa on Echo devices.

Amazon Alexa configuration, how to do it?

How to set up Alexa
How to set up Alexa

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In order to start use the digital assistant Alexa The first thing is to install it on your mobile phone. Once you have it installed on your device, it is time to customize it to give it instructions according to your uses, tastes and needs.

This digital butler can be used from three types of devices, computers, tablets and phones. The implementation process involves putting the Alexa app on your device.

To do this you have two ways, installing the app from the addresses I give you below, or search for the Alexa app in the Amazon navigation menu just as it appears in the image above.

If you prefer the first method here are the links to download the Alexa app and incorporate it into your team.

  • If you're Android user and want to install Alexa On a tablet or mobile phone the address is this.
  • If you are an Apple user, there is an option to install Alexa on your iPhone or iPad from here.
  • If you are a classic and prefer to govern your Alexa from a laptop The link to download is the following.

Once the program has been downloaded, you must Synchronize it with our Echo device. To do this, we must open the Alexa application from our phone or tablet that will act as a remote control and turn on our Echo.

The process to pair any Echo device is similar, Just connect and turn on the speaker, press the Alexa button that has a Dot and open the Alexa app from the mobile control.

The moment the Echo lights up and the light is spinning, synchronization is starting. The process only takes a couple of minutes. and before finishing, a menu will appear on the screen to choose the exact Echo model on which Alexa will be installed.

The options are Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Plus. You select the model, complete the WiFi password, You connect it to your active Amazon Prime account and that's it. 

Configure skills and voice commands

How to set up Alexa
How to set up Alexa

Once you know how to set up Alexa on Echo devices It is time to take advantage of it with all its options, which are many. However, two stand out above the rest, the first are skills and routines and the second are voice commands.

Below is a short explanation of how to install these features on Alexa and what are your chances.

Skills or abilities are like the apps on a mobile phone, there are many and varied from games, music, books, radio stations, etc. Because there will even be a skill that will prevent heart attacks since Alexa will call Emergencies if it detects that you are having a heart attack.

To configure them you have to do it from the device where Alexa is installed. Within the app, there is a menu on the left side called Skills and games under Suggestions.

Just enter that section and choose between one wide range of skills to install on Alexa. Our colleagues at Computer Hoy have made a list of the best skills that you can try and that you have here.

To interact with them, just Choose the one you want to use and press “Allow its use”. Please note that if you install a To make purchases, two conditions must be met, The first have an active Amazon Prime account or with a verified payment method in your profile.

To cancel the skills, simply undo the previous process and select “deactivate skill”.

And that's all for the skills, and now it's time to talk about voice commands and routines. Voice commands are phrases spoken out loud to communicate with the speaker. 

Thus, Alexa is activated and answers our questions or makes voice orders such as buying online.

You can use multiple commands, phrases or words, the options are endless, so here is a compilation of the 50 best Alexa voice commands for your Echo.

 

Alexa routines

How to set up Alexa
How to set up Alexa

Alexa routines allow you to create several commands so that you can do them continuously. For example, if selected, Alexa starts the day, reads the news, and checks the weather every day until these three commands are disabled.

Routines can be customized from the same side panel as skills and change the order according to your tastes and needs. If one day you want to listen to a song as soon as you wake up, you must select it beforehand.

Routines save a lot of time and once they are configured you will get the most out of your digital assistant. In fact, Along with skills, they are the strong point of Amazon Echo. 

If you have questions about its configuration, follow the instructions in the image above. Finally, think that The routines are limited only to the options of the devices where you have Alexa installed.

For example, if you don't have smart bulbs connected to Echo you won't be able to tell Alexa to turn off the light every day.

And that's all for How to Set Up Alexa. Now you can start enjoying your speaker and start giving it commands!

 

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