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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
GE's new microwave cooks with a scan

GE's new microwave cooks with a scan

The future is here
We played an Alexa powered board game

We played an Alexa powered board game

An evening in with Voice Originals' hybrid game When in Rome
Meet the developers building Alexa skills

Meet the developers building Alexa skills

The challenges of creating apps for our voice
Amazon turns tablets into Echo Shows

Amazon turns tablets into Echo Shows

Let us Show you how
People use Alexa for basic voice tasks

People use Alexa for basic voice tasks

This new survey of UK users shows we might need to get more imaginative
Alexa voice control hits iOS

Alexa voice control hits iOS

iOS support rolls out for Alexa voice controls
What it's like to use Toshiba's Fire TV

What it's like to use Toshiba's Fire TV

What if the Fire TV experience was baked in?
Alexa for Hospitality to invade hotel rooms

Alexa for Hospitality to invade hotel rooms

Alexa is about to take over the hotel
DISH adds more Alexa to its set-top box

DISH adds more Alexa to its set-top box

(But maybe don't chuck it in the trash yet)
Skyrim is now an Alexa game

Skyrim is now an Alexa game

This Very Special Edition is either not a joke or a very elaborate one
Alexa slides down the baby name charts

Alexa slides down the baby name charts

Amazon has a lot to answer for
Dr. Alexa will see you now

Dr. Alexa will see you now

Amazon gears Alexa up for wellness
How Alexa and Cortana collab works

How Alexa and Cortana collab works

The two AI assistants are joining up - in limited beta for now
Amazon's upcoming voice assistant moves

Amazon's upcoming voice assistant moves

We talk to Rich Suplee about how Amazon develops new voice features
Amazon's next trick: Alexa robots

Amazon's next trick: Alexa robots

Echo wants to get around - according to these anonymous reports
Use your Fire HD tablet as Alexa controller

Use your Fire HD tablet as Alexa controller

Your Amazon tab just got a hell of a lot more useful
Amazon Echo Connect ultimate guide

Amazon Echo Connect ultimate guide

Making calls through Alexa and your landline... smart home witchcraft
Alexa avoids cat-food calamity

Alexa avoids cat-food calamity

Amazon's algorithms should ensure it doesn't happen again
Amazon Key door lock hacked again

Amazon Key door lock hacked again

Another week, another claimed vulnerability
Alexa is doing better than Amazon expected

Alexa is doing better than Amazon expected

Jeff Bezos and co can barely contain their glee - and they're 'doubling down'
The tech behind Amazon's Super Bowl Alexa ad

The tech behind Amazon's Super Bowl Alexa ad

Why Cardi B didn't fire up your Alexa speaker
Amazon Echo Spot

Amazon Echo Spot

We struggle to place Amazon's cutest smart speaker
My two-year-old thinks Alexa is a god

My two-year-old thinks Alexa is a god

And Google is a slightly less powerful girl
Alexa hits your bathroom

Alexa hits your bathroom

Alexa: flush my toilet
New gadgets get Dash Replenishment

New gadgets get Dash Replenishment

CES 2018: Even more appliances can re-order their own supplies on Amazon
The problems with talking to tech

The problems with talking to tech

Journeying towards the uncanny valley
Bad ambience: Your smart home spats

Bad ambience: Your smart home spats

How does a house filled with tech actually affect your relationships?
What's stopping tech companies spying?

What's stopping tech companies spying?

We look at some very different approaches to privacy and what the law can do
Smart speakers lead connected home charge

Smart speakers lead connected home charge

A new report finds smart speaker owners are more likely to get into home tech
Garmin made a tiny Echo for your car

Garmin made a tiny Echo for your car

Here in my car, I can only receive, I can listen to you
The Amazon Echo Show just lost a key feature

The Amazon Echo Show just lost a key feature

Don't make my house a battlefield