Alexa Echo Show: Things you need to be known.

Alexa Echo Show:

Echo show is a seven-inch screen device with the smart speaker. While the previous echo will break you the access of asking questions and getting an answer with the help of voice commands, this device will give you more than just voice commands: The main selling point of this echo show is to make and take the video calls with your friends. Echo Show will give you almost everything you want to appreciate. You can ask for video calls, weather updates, pictures, play music, control your security cameras, create a Shopping list, latest news and many more. The echo show weighs 2.5 pounds and comes in white and black in colors.

Impressive things you can do with your echo show:

– You can take pictures with the family and friends and Alexa Click a photo is the command to use your hands-free mode of alexa echo show. you can use different modes like sticker mode and multi-shot mode and it can be uploaded to your prime photos

– Security of your home and family comes first always. if you have smart home security, link your echo show with a security cameras and witness what's going around. you can keep and eye on your baby and see who’s on the door.

– Want to watch the trailer of latest movie? Echo show will play the video in HD quality mode. If you like Alexa movie trailer then you can book your tickets by just asking alexa.

– If you want to impress your husband with your cooking skills, Just ask "Alexa, find me the recipes and she will give you your desired recipes. choose your recipe and if your hands are dirty, Alexa will read out all the ingredients and directions to make your dish delicious.

– One of the vital skill of this device is ability to make video calls. you can make video calls with your friends. It can also work with alexa installed app in their smart phone.

– Catch up on the latest news and see the top headlines of today news. you can keep an update on stock market which will help in your business as well.

Alexa Echo Plus:

Alexa Echo Plus is a smart voice assistant which is mainly used to control your smart home devices. Echo plus adds in a radio for Zigbee, used with various gadgets including Smart things plugs and Philips Smart bulbs. It comes with an aux-out jack which is a new feature. It will authorize you to connect the external speaker with the use of 3.5 mm cable. Echo comes with three colors: black, white and silver. Echo plus sound quality is little better than the original Echo. Overall, Echo plus is a slight upgrade version over Echo which quietly sounds better. It’s hardware is mostly like the original echo instead of 2.5-inch gray finishing. It comes with 2.5 inch woofer and 0.8 bass which is pretty bigger.

Amazon Alexa skills which can make your Life Better:

Capital One: This app can forge your life easy and give you ease to pay your monthly bills and transfer the money. You can link your credit or debit card with alexa app and it will grant you various updates like credit balance, list of your latest transactions.

NBS News: Latest News is the way to keep you updated about the innovations, development and politics. The NBC News app will assist you about the latest headlines, Alex’s results and local news with the help of alexa’s voice.

TrackR: Sometimes finding your smart phone is not an easy task. It can be lost under cushions and mattress. TrackR is easy to use, you can start with installing the TrackR app in your phone. Alexa will grant you the location of the phone and if you ask to ring my phone, your phone will give you louder ringtone even if it’s on vibration mode.

Skyscanner: If you want to go on vacations and trying to arrange a nice trip. This skill gives you all of your best locations. By using ” Alexa, open skyscanner” command will give you the most legitimate places for vacation and you can book the flight according to your plan.

Dominos Pizza: If you are getting hungry and wishes for a snack. You can give your order to alexa and alexa will establish your order through your domino’s account and request a delivery to your existing locations. It will also announce you the status update of your delivery order.

Products

Echo Dot

Echo dot is a small compatible devices which can turn your home to smart home. Echo Dot is a small smart speaker which connects to the WiFi and can do all types of tasks according to your need.

Echo (3rd Generation)

Echo 3rd generation is a 3 inches cylindrical shape smart speaker, compatible with Alexa for hands-free voice control. Echo 3rd generation comes with Dolby speaker which enhances the sound quality of the device.

Echo Show 5

Echo Show is a 5.5 touch-screen tablet with advanced MediaTek MT 8163 processor. It is fabricated with 1MP camera required for video calling. You can also stream 720p HD recording in Echo show.

Alexa Echo

Amazon Alexa echo is a tremendous vocal assistant which is used for daily based assignments whether it is related to exercise, play music and control some of your home automation gadgets. Alexa Echo is a small, approachable little cylinder with operating buttons on the top of it. It also has led lights which would dance around to let you know its working. It can be synchronized with Alexa app and provides you assistant by using different commands.

Alexa App can be downloaded to your smartphones and laptops whether it is window based or Mac operating a system. It’s a kind of database which appreciates almost every question of yours. So if you ask for an upcoming weather forecast,  Alexa can just announce you the answer and ready for more related questions. The device can connect to your home WI-Fi and you can do everyday tasks, or can just say “ALEXA” to activate the speaker’s voice assistant and get things going. Connecting to your Wi-Fi is trivial using the Amazon Alexa app, which is available for iOS and Android.

Alexa Echo Features:

Alexa smart home skills have some most desirable features to offer. If you’ve never added apps to your echo device, it’s pretty effortless to access alexa app in your device. Click on the menu button on the left and choose skills and apps from the list. Download your valuable skills according to your preference. The Alexa echo works with smart home products like LED bulbs, Wi-Fi connected home theater, control your thermostat, Lighting, Cameras and home security devices.

LED Lights:

This feature authorizes you to turn on and off your lights. You can adjust the brightness and numerous lights together with just a sole command. Set the timer to switch off the lights as well if you want to go out.

Thermostat :

With this feature, you can adjust the temperature of your thermostat without getting up from your bed. You can simply ask alexa to turn up and down the temperature, or set a precise temperature according to your suitable condition.

Automation :

The alexa skill pronounces you a specific data about your car and authorizes you track information about your vehicle. You can get information about how much you cover the distance last month and whether you need to refill your gas.

Catch a ride with Uber and Lyft:

Book your ride in Uber and Lyft by simply saying, “Alexa, ask uber or lyft to request a ride” and update your drop location as well. The payment would be done automatically from your account.

Dictate hands-free text messages:

Alexa can read out the text messages for you through alexa app. Get the hands-free text messages skill from your Alexa app and mention the phone to send your text  third-party phone users. Third party skill which permits you  send and receive text messages.

Alexa Software Update:

It hardly matters if you are using Alexa Echo 1st generation or Alexa Echo 2nd generation voice controller.  Alexa software update is the essential way to keep your device up to date. There are latest Alexa software updates which you can install on your device to enjoy the latest features.

* For 1st Generation Amazon Echo Version: 608488620 is the latest Alexa software update

* For 2nd Generation Amazon Echo Version: 608490620 is the latest Alexa software update

*For 2nd Generation Amazon Echo Dot Version: 608490720 is the latest Alexa software update

*For Amazon Echo Plus Version: 608490620 is the latest Alexa software update.

* For Amazon Echo Look Version: 609489220 is the latest Alexa software Update

* For Amazon Echo Show Version: 608490620 is the most recent Alexa Software update in which you can receive Multi-Room Music support enhanced feature.

*For Amazon Echo Spot Version: 608490620 is the most recent Alexa Software update in which you can gain access to web videos and Dailymotion enhanced features.

WiFi SetUp:

1. Power on your echo device

2. Open Alexa app on your device

3. Open settings in your Alexa app and select your device and then select Set up a new device

4. Press and hold the action button until you see an orange light on the top of your device.

5. Find your home Wi-Fi network name in the list of available Wi-Fi networks in your app. Enter your home Wi-Fi network password in order to connect your device to Wi-Fi. After that, your device connects to your Wi-Fi and you can use your Alexa Echo device

Alexa Echo works with dual-band Wi-Fi and connects with 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz However it doesn’t work with peer-to-peer networks