Alexa is Amazon’s virtual voice assistant that is available on its line of Echo devices, Fire TV, and a variety of other devices. Alexa is a natural language voice-controlled virtual assistant developed by Amazon, initially used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. Alexa can be used to control playing shopping, making to-do lists and setting alarms.
What is Alexa?
Alexa is an AI-based digital assistant that is available on many Amazon products, such as the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and other Alexa-enabled devices. It uses natural language processing to understand voice commands, and can perform tasks such as playing music, making to-do lists, setting alarms, providing weather reports, making calls and more.
How do you set it up?
To set up Alexa, the user first needs to install the Alexa app from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, and sign in using an Amazon account. Then they will need to power on the device using the power adapter and connect it to a Wi-Fi network. Finally, they will need to say “Alexa” once, and the device is ready to use.
What can it do?
Alexa can be used to control playing music, making calls, ordering food, playing games, setting alarms and timers, providing weather reports, controlling home automation devices, providing news and sports scores, streaming audio and video, providing information, making to-do lists, delivering audio books and more.
Time-related commands
Alexa can be used to ask questions about time. For example, the user can ask “Alexa, what time is it?” and Alexa will respond with the time and date. Alexa can also be used to set an alarm, simply by telling Alexa what time to set the alarm for. Finally, Alexa can be used to ask questions such as “Alexa, what is the time in London?” and Alexa will respond with the current time in London.
Conclusion
Alexa is an AI-based virtual voice assistant from Amazon, and can be used to perform a variety of tasks, such as making calls, playing music, setting alarms, providing news and sports scores, streaming audio and video, and so on. Alexa can also be used to ask questions about the time, such as what time it is, what time it is in another city, and how to set an alarm.
References
Amazon. “Alexa-Enabled Devices and Speakers”. www.amazon.com (
Amazon. “What Can I Ask Alexa?”. www.amazon.com (