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All the Amazon Alexa and Echo news, reviews, tips, tricks and how to guides you need

Amazon Alexa: The missing manual

Amazon Alexa: The missing manual

Everything you need to know about Echo and the Works with Alexa platform
Alexa Easter eggs you need to try

Alexa Easter eggs you need to try

Discover Alexa's funny side with these hidden commands
The 80 best Amazon Alexa commands

The 80 best Amazon Alexa commands

A little more conversation, a little more action
Best Alexa-compatible devices

Best Alexa-compatible devices

Works with Amazon Alexa – the top devices on offer now

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Alexa played 60 years of Baby Shark in 2018

Alexa played 60 years of Baby Shark in 2018

Amazon reveals the inane requests we've been bugging the smart assistant with
Amazon Echo festive deals go live

Amazon Echo festive deals go live

Stocking fillers: Echo Dot, Spot, Show and more all with big reductions
How to set up and use ​Alexa Routines

How to set up and use ​Alexa Routines

Make your home work your way with one single Alexa command
Apple Music is now supported by Alexa

Apple Music is now supported by Alexa

Amazon Echo is finally playing nice
How to turn on Alexa's Whisper Mode

How to turn on Alexa's Whisper Mode

Teach Alexa to use its indoor voice
Alexa gets location-based reminders

Alexa gets location-based reminders

And routines get a glut of new abilities
Fire TV Cube gets Alexa Announcements

Fire TV Cube gets Alexa Announcements

Use that TV as part of your smart home
How to use Echo Buttons

How to use Echo Buttons

Get trigger happy with Amazon's colorful buttons
Sonos ducking with Amazon Echo

Sonos ducking with Amazon Echo

Sick of Amazon turning down the sound on your Sonos speakers?
Amazon wants you to help Alexa

Amazon wants you to help Alexa

Howard Shore composed the Lord of the Rings soundtrack FYI
How to use Alexa Announcements

How to use Alexa Announcements

Make calls or use your Amazon Echo as an intercom
Fire HD tablets now receive Drop In calls

Fire HD tablets now receive Drop In calls

The new features are rolling out right now

Reviews

Amazon Fire TV Recast

Amazon Fire TV Recast

Cord-cutting made easy, but freedom has its compromises
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

More than remotely brilliant
Amazon Echo Show 2018

Amazon Echo Show 2018

Echo Show grows up – but still has a lot to learn
Amazon Echo Dot 2018

Amazon Echo Dot 2018

Alexa, you're looking great
Amazon Echo Plus 2018

Amazon Echo Plus 2018

The second-gen Echo Plus is a big upgrade
Amazon Echo Look review

Amazon Echo Look review

Is Amazon’s fashion bot a matter of style over substance?
Amazon Fire TV Cube

Amazon Fire TV Cube

4K streaming meets Echo brains – but do they form a perfect whole?
Amazon Echo Spot

Amazon Echo Spot

We struggle to place Amazon's cutest smart speaker

How-Tos

How to group Sonos and Echo speakers

How to group Sonos and Echo speakers

It is now possible to have your Echo play music through Sonos by default
Change Alexa’s location and time zone

Change Alexa’s location and time zone

Let Alexa know exactly where your Echo's home address is
How to use YouTube on Echo Show

How to use YouTube on Echo Show

Amazon's got you a fancy workaround
How to build an Alexa skill

How to build an Alexa skill

And there's no coding required
How to get Alexa on Apple Watch

How to get Alexa on Apple Watch

The omnipresent assistant
How to change the Echo Spot home screen

How to change the Echo Spot home screen

All the instructions you need for customising your display