When Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant comes into your life there is no way to get it out. It becomes essential for all activities at home, work and daily activities. Get the most out of it by learning how Amazon Alexa commands work with the Amazon Echo .
What is and How Do Amazon Alexa Commands Work? Complete list
What is Alexa and how do its commands work?
Alexa is the name of the voice assistant of the renowned Amazon company. It works with artificial intelligence and through a loudspeaker it can be given orders to carry out actions .
The commands are structured by phrases that Alexa can interpret and thus can interact with the user. In turn, the commands can activate the so-called Skills, which are functions created by third parties to work in conjunction with the voice assistant.
Amazon Alexa commands
Basic commands
- Alexa, Help. Ask for help in case of an emergency
- Alexa, let’s talk. Have a conversation with Alexa
- Alexa, mute or Alexa, unmute. Mute or unmute the voice assistant.
- Alexa, increase / decrease the volume or Alexa, adjust the volume. Adjust the volume of the assistant.
- Alexa, stop. Stop Alexa.
Time, weather and news commands
- Alexa, what time is it? It tells you the current time
- Alexa, what time is it in France? It informs you of the time in France or the country you choose.
- Alexa, what is the weather like? Inform about the climate of the place where you are.
- Alexa, is it going to rain on the weekend? Report on the weather during the weekend.
- Alexa, good morning. Say good morning and show you the itinerary you have set up for the day.
- Alexa, what is the news of the day? It tells you a summary of the news of the media that you have previously configured.
- Alexa, what is my sports information? It gives you information about the sports teams that you have configured as favorites.
Commands for alarms, calendars and reminders
- Alexa, set an alarm. Set an alarm and in the process it asks you the time. If you want to be specific, tell him the time in the command and if you want him to wake you up with music.
- Alexa, what alarms do I have? It informs you of all the alarms that you have configured.
- Alexa, cancel all my alarms. Disable all configured alarms.
- Alexa, what do I have on my calendar? It informs you of the activities that you have registered in the calendar.
- Alexa, add “dental appointment” to my calendar. Add a new appointment to your calendar. It asks you in the process the day and time or you can say it beforehand.
- Alexa, remind me to “call my mom” at 5 PM. Set a reminder for 5 in the afternoon.
- Alexa, tell me my reminders. Informs about the reminders that are registered.
- Alexa, clear reminders. Eliminate reminders.
- Alexa, set a timer for 15 minutes. Set a timer, you can give it names.
Purchase commands
- Alexa, I want to buy. It will ask what you are looking for and show available results. You can search for a specific product or by types of products.
- Alexa, how is my basket going? It informs you which products you have in your basket to buy on Amazon .
List commands
- Alexa, create a list. Create a new list and in the process it asks you for the name and the elements you want to add. You can indicate in the command the name previously.
- Alexa, add things to the to do list. Add new items to the task list. It can be any list just change the name.
- Alexa, ready. Displays a report of the registered lists.
- Alexa, what do I have on my to do list? lists the items in the list.
Search commands
- Alexa, what supermarket is nearby? Report the places you ask for that are near the zip code you previously set.
- Alexa, recommend me a restaurant. It gives you a list of the best rated restaurants nearby, you can choose the category of the establishment.
- Alexa, what is Zara’s hours? It tells you the opening hours of the establishment.
Music commands
- Alexa, put on music. will put music from Amazon Music or Spotify of the artist, genre, song, album or playlist that you indicate.
- Alexa, next. next song.
- Alexa, prev. previous song.
- Alexa, stop. Stop the music.
- Alexa, go on. Resume the music.
