How to Use Alexa

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This wikiHow teaches you some of the most useful Alexa abilities and the voice commands you need to use them. Once you have set up a new Echo you might not know where to begin. Since there are so many different abilities it can be hard to know where to start, so this will help you get to know some Alexa abilities you will want to start using on a day-to-day basis.

You may also want to give Alexa’s wikiHow skill a shot.

1. 1 Ask for the time. Get the current time or the time in different cities around the world. You can also ask about when different days are.
   • “Alexa, what time is it in London?”
   • “Alexa, when is Easter?”
2. 2 Ask about the weather. Ask about local weather, the weather in a particular city or a weather forecast for either.
   • “Alexa, what will the weather be like on Tuesday in Chicago?”
   • “Alexa, is it going to rain?”
3. 3 Get current traffic info. To enter in your home and work address in the Alexa app, tap ☰, then Settings and tap Traffic. You can also ask about traffic to a certain location.
   • Say “Alexa, check traffic,” to get the travel time to the work location you set.
   • “Alexa, how long will it take to get to 45th Street?”
   • “Alexa, what’s the traffic like to Home Depot?”
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6. 6 Get a definition, use the thesaurus or get the spelling of a word. If you’re reading or writing something, you don’t even need to look away from the page, just ask:
   • “Alexa, what does ‘flocculant’ mean?”
   • “Alexa, what’s another word for ‘big’?”
   • “Alexa, how do you spell ‘maintenance’?”
7. 7 Do mathematical calculations. Ask Alexa to add, subtract, multiply, divide, get the square or cube root, power or factorial.
   You can only use one operation at a time though.
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