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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
Alexa Easter eggs you need to try

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 products

Best Alexa-compatible smart home products

The top cameras, lights, doorbells and plugs you can control with Alexa
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 rolls out Answer Update to Alexa

Amazon rolls out Answer Update to Alexa

The smart assistant will save your queries until it can respond
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.”
How to use Alexa Cast

How to use Alexa Cast

Now you can sync the music on your phone to your Echo
How to use Alexa EQ

How to use Alexa EQ

Make use of the Echo's new equalizer feature
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
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)
Amazon's smart speaker crown is slipping

Amazon's smart speaker crown is slipping

But what's to blame?
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 recorded a couple's private convo

Alexa recorded a couple's private convo

Alexa's most human feature yet: Betrayal
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
Alexa is about to get much smarter

Alexa is about to get much smarter

Someone is about to get a jump in intelligence
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 gets smarter with Follow-up Mode

​Alexa gets smarter with Follow-up Mode

One small step on the way to more natural conversation
Listening in: Amazon or Google?

Listening in: Amazon or Google?

We know what smart speaker makers want with our data - do we care?
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
Alexa won't serve you voice ads - yet

Alexa won't serve you voice ads - yet

Or at least not when you're playing Jeopardy
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