You ask her to do things and help you with things throughout the day, from “Alexa, what will the weather be like later?” to “Alexa, switch on the lights please.” Think of her as your own smart assistant and the brains behind the hardware. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, however, you’ll get some added benefits, like access to Amazon Music through your Dot. You just need to buy the Dot and have an Amazon account.
You can even now use Alexa to make calls to phone numbers in the US, Canada, Mexico, and the UK. You’d just need to say “Alexa, turn off the bulb” – and there's a whole host of other skills you can employ, from playing games to controlling other tech to waking you up in the morning. So let’s say you have a Philips Hue lightbulb, for example, the Dot can control that too. Thanks to smart home tech all connecting up, you can also use your Dot to control other devices that you might have in your home. So you can ask the Dot’s voice assistant, Alexa, to answer questions about the time, general knowledge, traffic, what the weather is going to be like and everything else that might help your day run a bit smoother. We’re not at the stage where our tech can physically help us run our homes, but it can do everything else. Think of the Amazon Echo Dot as your own personal assistant.
It's not the simplest Amazon Echo speaker though the Amazon Echo Input, adds Alexa smart capability to a connected speaker, without having the ability to play music itself. Most notably, there’s no 3.5mm auxiliary cord. If viewing digitally, click on a section at right to jump there.However, despite a number of upgrades to the Dot over the years, this 3rd gen version still lacks a few key things that could make it a 5-star product.
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