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

How to use Alexa: the complete guide

How to use Alexa: the complete guide

Become an Alexa ninja with our epic do-everything guide
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 smart home devices

Best Alexa compatible smart home devices

Lights, locks, plugs, and more: The best Works with Alexa products
The Alexa Big Mouth Bass out for pre-order

The Alexa Big Mouth Bass out for pre-order

This one is quite a catch
Men voice control the home more than women

Men voice control the home more than women

And most people stick to the basics
Alexa can now wake up your home devices

Alexa can now wake up your home devices

Even more ways for Alexa to stay in control
Alexa Skill Blueprints launches in the UK

Alexa Skill Blueprints launches in the UK

Make your own skills – 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
Tour Lennar's South Carolina smart home

Tour Lennar's South Carolina smart home

This home is fully automated before you move in
Windows 10's Alexa app is live

Windows 10's Alexa app is live

There are some caveats though
A peek into Alexa's context-filled future

A peek into Alexa's context-filled future

Context and transparency are the goals for Amazon
Amazon Alexa turns four: In numbers

Amazon Alexa turns four: In numbers

A short history of Amazon's smart home AI in stats
How to use Alexa and Google in the bathroom

How to use Alexa and Google in the bathroom

Rubber ducky's gonna have to step aside
Alexa gets third party reminders and more

Alexa gets third party reminders and more

Amazon wants Alexa to help you manage your time
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

More than remotely brilliant
More Alexa home hubs are coming

More Alexa home hubs are coming

Here's what next year's Alexa speakers will do
Amazon Echo Show v Google Home Hub

Amazon Echo Show v Google Home Hub

We've tested both to help you decide
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

Amazon Echo Show

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

Amazon Echo Plus

The second-gen Echo Plus is a big upgrade
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
Amazon Alexa app gets redesign

Amazon Alexa app gets redesign

The changes follow on from Google Assistant's recent re-work
Fire TV Recast explained

Fire TV Recast explained

What the heck is the Recast, and why do you need it?
Alexa is getting a whole lot smarter

Alexa is getting a whole lot smarter

Alexa can now tone it down during your hangover
Third-party Alexa Gadgets are coming

Third-party Alexa Gadgets are coming

Big Mouth Billy Bass is now an outlet for Alexa
Amazon's got 8 Alexa-powered appliances

Amazon's got 8 Alexa-powered appliances

Alexa, be in everything
Amazon's latest tab gets Show Mode

Amazon's latest tab gets Show Mode

Think the Echo Show's ugly? Turn your tablet into one instead
Alexa has 20,000 compatible devices

Alexa has 20,000 compatible devices

Checking in with Amazon's home ecosystem
How to control your TV with the Fire TV Cube

How to control your TV with the Fire TV Cube

Make your Fire TV Cube the hub of your living room
Microsoft and Amazon integration set live

Microsoft and Amazon integration set live

Oh, get a room
Alexa's accents in every language

Alexa's accents in every language

G'day! Here's what Australian, Indian, British and German Alexa sound like
Amazon Echo Look review

Amazon Echo Look review

Is Amazon’s fashion bot a matter of style over substance?
The weirdest ways your Echo can be hacked

The weirdest ways your Echo can be hacked

“Alexa, can you be hacked?” “Sorry, I’m not sure about that.”
Amazon rolls out EQ feature for Echo

Amazon rolls out EQ feature for Echo

Make EQ adjustments with no treble at all
Will voice assistants affect children?

Will voice assistants affect children?

Won't somebody think of the children?
GE's new microwave cooks with a scan

GE's new microwave cooks with a scan

The future is here