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How to Schedule Lights with Amazon Alexa

Alexa Routines can really light up your world.

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How to Use Visual ID on Your Amazon Echo Show

Get a personalized view automatically.

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Amazon Is Shutting Down Alexa Guard and Paywalling Its Features

The new Emergency Assist service, which costs $6 a month, replaces Alexa Guard.

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Amazon Alexa Will Talk More Naturally, Thanks to AI

Alexa is getting an LLM-powered boost in features.

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Grab An Echo Pop For $25 Today ($15 off)

Amazon's directional smart speaker is on sale for Labor Day.

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Amazon Reveals New "Echo Pop" and Updated Smart Displays

It looks like someone chopped an Echo Dot in half.

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Your Amazon Echo (Probably) Supports Matter Now

Amazon is joining Google in rolling out Matter support to its smart home devices.

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9 Alexa Tricks to Try This Halloween Season

Put Alexa to work this Halloween with these spooky tricks and skills.

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The New Echo Dot Can Also Be a Wi-Fi Extender

A speaker that's also a Wi-Fi extender.

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Amazon Alexa Is Getting Ads Disguised as Answers

Amazon Alexa is getting ads. Well, kind of.

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How to Reset Alexa on Your Amazon Echo Device

Bring the device back to factory condition!

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Amazon Alexa Now Lets You Speak to a Doctor

Amazon Alexa has a new trick up its sleeve and it's actually useful.

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The Amazon Echo Show 5 is Less Than $50 Right Now

Black Friday prices are still available for some Amazon devices.

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Alexa Challenged a 10-Year-Old Girl to Electrocute Herself

Thankfully, the child was smart enough to ignore the virtual assistant's challenge.

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What Are Alexa Hunches, and How Do You Use Them?

With hunches enabled, Alexa can help you remember tasks you might have forgotten about.

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Cortana and Alexa Are No Longer on Speaking Terms

Microsoft and Amazon ended Cortana-Alexa integration and it seems no one noticed.

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