The First Alexa Skills to Enable on Your New Amazon Echo. So, you bought an Amazon Echo during Prime Day, but youre not sure what to do with it other than ask it silly questions, set timers, and roll a dice. Watch PCU Download. Before you return it, know theres a whole bunch else you can do with that smart speaker. Watch Wet Hot American Summer Youtube. The Echo currently has more than 3,0. Amazon. But since writing a guide for all its talents would probably be longer than a Nicholas Sparks novel, here is a quick list of the best, practical skills you should start using right away. Amazons trying to kill your controller with a new Alexa skill designed to make watching TV superRead more Read. Get your daily morning news briefing. Watch free 600 Free Live TV Channels. See 45000 Complimentary movies TV shows and documentaries. Record Local TV zero cost. View Horror Movies at no charge Tenku notshirotwapyuta Big Miracle 2012 DVDRip READNFO x264SiC Love and Other Drugs. Eng DivX On Style17 E07. CATV H264. 480pSHINs Bob. So, you bought an Amazon Echo during Prime Day, but youre not sure what to do with it other than ask it silly questions, set timers, and roll a dice. Before you. One of my favorite Alexa skills is the morning news briefing, since I get to lie in bed or prepare breakfast while getting the news read to me. Just ask, Alexa, read me the news and Alexa will let you know whats going on in this crazy world, courtesy of NPR. Shell even finish the briefing with a weather update. You can customize your flash briefing in the Alexa mobile app. Or, install the Guardian skill and ask Alexa to read you headlines and even full articles. Work out with Alexa. Sometimes its hard to go to the gym when you have such a busy schedule, but Alexa can help you fit in a quick workout in the morning. Just say, Alexa, start 7 minute workout, and the AI will guide you through a series of workout repetitions that will surely make you sweat. If you dont know what the workout looks like, you can just look them up on your phone and follow along. Amazons beefing up some basic features in Alexa, its voice controlled assistant. Your favoriteRead more Read. Control your lights. This skill is one of the most basic and known, but also one of the most convenientor maybe Im just lazy. But if own Philips Hue Lights, you can ask Alexa to turn them onoff without having to get up from your bed or couch. Its ideal for when youre going to bed, or already sat down at your couch with the popcorn and about to watch a movie. Change the wake word. If having Alexa as the wake wordthe word that triggers the voice assistantis causing to much trouble because someone in the house is named Alex or Alexis, you can change it to something less common. You can change the wake word to Amazon, Echo, or Computer. Sure, the options are limited right now, but hopefully Amazon lets us change it to whatever we want in a near future. I would love to call mine Jarvis, like Iron Man. The future youve been waiting for has arrived. Amazon has added a new accepted wake word toRead more Read. Find your smartphone. Are you the type of person who constantly loses their phone around the house Well, Alexa has a neat skill to help you find it. If you sign up for a Track. R account, you can just ask, Alexa, find my phone, and the smart speaker will make sure your smartphone rings at full volumeand guess what It was probably under the couch cushion again. Check airport security wait times before you leave the house. Plan better and avoid long lines the day you travel. Just say, Alexa, ask airport security for the wait time at La Guardia or whichever airport, and the AI will check the TSAs public API for the last reported wait times at the airport checkpoint. If youre a last minute planner when traveling, this trick will help you a lot while your packing in a rush the morning of your flight. Weve previously covered how cool automatic blinds are. And we know the Amazon Echo is prettyRead more Read. Set Spotify as the default music streaming service. Amazon announced last year that it would add a Spotify skill to Alexas catalog, but in order to have it work properly consumer has to say, Alexa, play Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen On Spotify. If you didnt specify Spotify, Alexa would try and find the song on Amazon Music, which has a very limited song catalog. However, theres a way to make Spotify the default so when you ask to play a song, itll automatically fetch the media from the select streaming service. Open the Alexa App and under Settings go into Music Media. Once there, just select Spotify as the default music service and save your changes. For whatever reason, controlling blinds in a smart home has always been a bit of a holy grail forRead more Read. Get exclusive deals through Alexa. If youre looking for a new way of shopping, all you have to do is ask, Alexa, what are your deals and the smart speaker will recite a list of Prime member exclusive deals. If you have Alexa synced with your Prime membership and your payment method of choice, you can just Alexa to place an order for you. Add a code to avoid accidental purchases. Since Alexa is very easy to trigger with language that resembles her name, you might sometimes end up accidentally making an unwanted purchase. However, there is a way to prevent an unintended purchase from Alexa by setting up a 4 digit voice shopping code through the corresponding app. To input a code go to the Alexa apps Settings and choose Voice Purchasing, then just input your code and select Save Changes. Learn more skills. You can also discover more Alexa skills by using the Skill Finder. All you have to say is, Alexa, tell Skill Finder to give me the skill of the day and you will unearth new, cool skills. You can also learn about new talents by category by asking, Alexa, tell Skill Finder to list the top skills in the games category. The Standard 2. October 2. Thursday by Manila Standard. The Standard 2. October 2. Thursday   Published on Oct 2. The digital edition of The Standard a nationally circulated newspaper published daily in the Philippines since February 1.