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

How to use Alexa guide

How to use Alexa guide

How to get the most from your Alexa speaker
101 Alexa Easter eggs you need to try

101 Alexa Easter eggs you need to try

Updated with brand new Easter Eggs: Discover Alexa's funny side
The best Alexa skills

The best Alexa skills

All the skills you need to download for Alexa
Best Alexa compatible devices

Best Alexa compatible devices

The devices you need to craft your connected home
How to use Echo Buttons

How to use Echo Buttons

Get trigger happy with Amazon's colourful smart home buttons
Amazon Fire TV Blaster goes live

Amazon Fire TV Blaster goes live

HDMI input switching has never been so much fun
Connect your Echo and Fire TV

Connect your Echo and Fire TV

Pair the two and boost the sound in your living room
How tech companies use smart speaker data

How tech companies use smart speaker data

And what you can do about it
Alexa has new smart light tricks

Alexa has new smart light tricks

New features to help ease you in and out of the day
Amazon Echo (2019)

Amazon Echo (2019)

Amazon’s flagship speaker is still going strong
Amazon Echo Dot v Google Nest Mini

Amazon Echo Dot v Google Nest Mini

We pit the tech giants' latest mini speakers against each other
Smart speakers can be hacked

Smart speakers can be hacked

Yep, your smart speaker can spy on you and steal your passwords
Amazon Echo Dot with Clock

Amazon Echo Dot with Clock

Amazon's smallest Echo gets an upgrade – and it's about time
Alexa gets Premier League quiz skill

Alexa gets Premier League quiz skill

The daily three-question quiz pits you against other fans
Privacy or features: What will you choose?

Privacy or features: What will you choose?

We speak to Daniel Rausch, Alexa VP, about your data and the smart home
Amazon's Echo Spot is dead

Amazon's Echo Spot is dead

No alarms and no surprises
Digging into Alexa's new privacy tools

Digging into Alexa's new privacy tools

New features will give users more control – but will they quell our fears?
Alexa gets multilingual mode

Alexa gets multilingual mode

Alexa follows Google Assistant and Siri with Spanish support
Amazon Music comes to Apple TV

Amazon Music comes to Apple TV

The app is available to download right now
Amazon Fire TV Cube (2019)

Amazon Fire TV Cube (2019)

The new Cube is zippier and makes the assistant more useful
How to set up ​Alexa for your kids

How to set up ​Alexa for your kids

Make your Echo speaker safer, smarter, and more fun
Freetime comes to Fire TV

Freetime comes to Fire TV

Parents get full control over what the kids are watching
How to connect Philips Hue with Alexa

How to connect Philips Hue with Alexa

How to pair Bridge and Bluetooth bulbs
Amazon reveals four-in-one Smart Oven

Amazon reveals four-in-one Smart Oven

Get ready for automatic cooking with Alexa
Amazon Alexa event: What to expect

Amazon Alexa event: What to expect

Amazon's holding another big Alexa event. Here's what might be coming…
Alexa's Show and Tell helps the blind

Alexa's Show and Tell helps the blind

New accessibility feature is available for first and second generation Echo Show
Echo Spot may have a screen problem

Echo Spot may have a screen problem

Multiple reports of faulty screens have surfaced over the last few months
Amazon Music HD debuts

Amazon Music HD debuts

Amazon muscles into enthusiast market with service that still undercuts Tidal
Amazon shows off new smart TVs and soundbar

Amazon shows off new smart TVs and soundbar

IFA 2019: JVC, Toshiba and others will build the branded sets
How to use Apple Music on your Echo

How to use Apple Music on your Echo

You can finally use Alexa to control Apple Music
Spotify Multi-Room hits Fire TV Cube

Spotify Multi-Room hits Fire TV Cube

Alexa, play my evening jams
Amazon lets you disable review of recordings

Amazon lets you disable review of recordings

The company follows recent privacy updates from Apple and Google
Alexa gets new Song ID feature

Alexa gets new Song ID feature

Music discovery just got automated
Police get savvy about smart homes

Police get savvy about smart homes

No, they can't get your footage without your permission
How to have Alexa read Kindle books

How to have Alexa read Kindle books

It's not just audiobooks and podcasts, you know
How to schedule your calendar with Alexa

How to schedule your calendar with Alexa

Alexa, what does my day look like?
Echo Show 5 vs Google Nest Hub

Echo Show 5 vs Google Nest Hub

Two compact screen speakers enter the ring
How to use Alexa to check your email

How to use Alexa to check your email

Alexa can now read you your email
Echo Show 5 vs Echo Show

Echo Show 5 vs Echo Show

We help you decide between the two display-packing Echo speakers
Ring Peephole Cam

Ring Peephole Cam

Apartment renters, your time has come
NHS advice now available through Alexa

NHS advice now available through Alexa

Amazon's partnership with the UK government comes to fruition
YouTube is back on Fire TV

YouTube is back on Fire TV

Amazon and Google are playing nice and swapping their video services