There’s a whole lot the Amazon Echo can do, including waking you up with handy alarms and making sure the lasagna doesn’t burn in the oven with easy-to-set timers. Read along as we show you how to create and manage both.
Setting and Managing Timers
To set a timer, you can use the following voice commands:
- “Alexa, set a timer for [amount of time, like 20 minutes]”.
- “Alexa, set a timer for [absolute time, like 9:00 PM]”.
You may be curious about the last one, because it looks a whole lot like setting an alarm. When you set an alarm (which we’ll get to in a moment), you’re setting a recurring alert. When you set a timer with an absolute time, it’s more like a reminder: it will go off only once and then delete itself. So, for example, if you need a nudge to stop working and go do some errands at 4PM, you could set a one-off timer. However, you can also just set an actual reminder, now that Alexa has those built-in.
If you need multiple timers going at once, you can name timers so that you don’t get them mixed up with each other. For example, if you need to set a timer for the laundry and a timer for the lasagna in the oven, you can do this:
- “Alexa, set a laundry timer for 1 hour”.
- “Alexa, set a lasagna timer for 20 minutes”.
When a named timer goes off, your Echo will not only light up and make the timer sound, but Alexa will also say, “Your laundry timer is done”.
After you’ve started a timer (whether you named it or not), you can manage it and make changes with your voice:
- “Alexa, how much time is left on the (laundry) timer?”.
- “Alexa, what timers are set?”.
- “Alexa, cancel the (lasagna) timer”.
There’s more you can do with timers, but you need to open up the Alexa app on your phone. To see your alarms and timers, start by tapping on the menu icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
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