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Amazon Alexa: The missing manual

Amazon Alexa: The missing manual

Everything you need to know about Echo and the Works with Alexa platform
Alexa is working normally again

Alexa is working normally again

Update: The assistant is back in action
Alexa consumables explained

Alexa consumables explained

Alexa skills are starting to add paid-for features
Amazon Echo Show 2018

Amazon Echo Show 2018

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

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Alexa is working normally again

Alexa is working normally again

Update: The assistant is back in action
Alexa consumables explained

Alexa consumables explained

Alexa skills are starting to add paid-for features
Smart displays are here to stay

Smart displays are here to stay

Why it's not a fad
Alexa's Whisper Mode is rolling out

Alexa's Whisper Mode is rolling out

Alexa is becoming more contextual
Your guide to the new Amazon Alexa app

Your guide to the new Amazon Alexa app

How to navigate Amazon's new smart home control centre
The best Amazon Alexa devices

The best Amazon Alexa devices

Our pick of an ever-growing range of tech using Alexa Voice Service API
How to disable Echo Spot camera

How to disable Echo Spot camera

Get a bit of privacy back from your Echo speaker
Smart cams and doorbells get Echo powers

Smart cams and doorbells get Echo powers

'Alexa, answer the front door'
Alexa may soon play doctor

Alexa may soon play doctor

Amazon's smart assistant set for side gig as personal drug peddler
How to set up your Alexa smart home

How to set up your Alexa smart home

How to add, connect and control your smart home tech with Alexa
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
Guide to Sonos Alexa commands

Guide to Sonos Alexa commands

Learn how to master your Sonos using your voice

REVIEWS

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 review

Amazon Fire TV Cube review

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
Amazon Echo (2nd generation)

Amazon Echo (2nd generation)

The new all-rounder Echo doesn't try to fix what wasn't broken
Sonos One

Sonos One

Alexa never sounded so good

HOW-TOS

How to disable Echo Spot camera

How to disable Echo Spot camera

Get a bit of privacy back from your Echo speaker
How to set up your Alexa smart home

How to set up your Alexa smart home

How to add, connect and control your smart home tech with Alexa
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
Guide to Sonos Alexa commands

Guide to Sonos Alexa commands

Learn how to master your Sonos using your voice
How to use Alexa's Brief Mode

How to use Alexa's Brief Mode

You say it best, when you say nothing at all
How to set up Echo Dot in your car

How to set up Echo Dot in your car

Getting your Echo Dot tethered in your car is easier than you think