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Alexa - what do you use yours for?

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Luckygirl3 Sat 14-Jun-25 14:18:38

I have just acquired and Echo Dot and it is mostly functioning as a better speaker for music from spotify. And it will play The Archers when I ask.

Tell me what I can do with it please! - what do you find the most useful things?

Grandmabatty Sat 14-Jun-25 14:24:15

I do quizzes on it, use it as a timer and set my light to come on and go off automatically. I also listen to music

kittylester Sat 14-Jun-25 14:25:10

We have them in most rooms and used them loads.

We play the radio and playlists
Use it as a timer
Ask it random information
The weather forecast etc.

A couple of them are Alexa Shows so we have rolling pictures on display.

LOUISA1523 Sat 14-Jun-25 15:09:45

A timer for cooking
Playlists
Weather forecast
Happy birthday

Grandmadinosaur Sat 14-Jun-25 17:38:12

kittylester

We have them in most rooms and used them loads.

We play the radio and playlists
Use it as a timer
Ask it random information
The weather forecast etc.

A couple of them are Alexa Shows so we have rolling pictures on display.

Same for us. We also use it for “ of the day “ when gs comes ie joke of the day,dinosaur of the day etc. Facts from Santa etc at Christmas time.

I wasn’t aware of quizzes Grandmabatty I’ll have to check that one out.

Charleygirl5 Sat 14-Jun-25 17:38:18

I am partially sighted so I use it as a timer and a daily alarm clock.

The weather, the news and free music. I have three, and I couldn't live without them.

Grandmabatty Sat 14-Jun-25 17:45:52

I do 'The Question of the Day' grandmadinosaur. It's free although I'm always being asked to do Jeopardy or the Song Quiz which I just say no to

Calendargirl Sat 14-Jun-25 18:00:17

I don’t (use it).

Am I missing out? Probably.

LadyGracie Sat 14-Jun-25 18:29:23

Timers, shopping lists, recipes, reminders, photo albums, lots of music choices.

My GD asks ours random questions and always gets answers.

BlueBelle Sat 14-Jun-25 18:33:44

Never had one can I carry on living without one ?

kittylester Sat 14-Jun-25 18:36:17

I forgot - the grandchildren ask it to fart. This isn't compulsory!

Ladyleftfieldlover Sat 14-Jun-25 18:36:57

I asked her what time my local Waitrose closed earlier this afternoon.

Grandmadinosaur Sat 14-Jun-25 18:46:04

Thank you Grandmabatty I’ll check that one out.

Shinamae Sat 14-Jun-25 18:57:54

I find mine excellent for timers and reminders..

ginny Sat 14-Jun-25 19:13:15

Several of the above. My favourite is for my shopping list. When Irun out of something or think of something I need I just ask her to add it to my list.

Sago Sat 14-Jun-25 19:45:59

You can ask her to call other Alexa’s, great to know in an emergency.

Oldbat1 Sat 14-Jun-25 20:42:00

Listen to radio. Timer. Amazon delivery arriving. Weather. Sleep music.

BlueBelle Sat 14-Jun-25 20:42:41

Sago

You can ask her to call other Alexa’s, great to know in an emergency.

🤣that wouldn’t help I don’t know anyone with one

keepingquiet Sat 14-Jun-25 20:47:55

I did have one but not now. I only used it for a timer because everything esle you had to pay for if you wanted any choice, and also if it's always on it's always listening...

I don't miss it at all.

merlotgran Sat 14-Jun-25 20:50:46

I probably don’t use mine for as much as I could. At the moment it’s mostly for music - radio, playlists, searching for albums etc., kitchen timer (invaluable) and shopping lists. My doorbell is on the blink so I’m thinking of replacing it with one that will link to the echo dot.

Ziggy62 Sat 14-Jun-25 20:59:19

Timer when I'm cooking
Shopping list (very helpful)
Listened to radio when I'm cooking/cleaning
Listening to music

kittylester Sat 14-Jun-25 21:21:36

I forgot that our doorbell is linked to it. That's a good feature.

We pay for music through Spotify so we don't get the adverts but listening to most radio stations is free. I would hate to be without ours.

Marg75 Sat 14-Jun-25 21:37:04

We use it to speak to our daughter. It's lovely to actually see her and chat.

Abitbarmy Sat 14-Jun-25 21:37:32

All of the above plus calculations, travelling distances, times in other countries if thinking of a phone call to relatives, weight conversions, word meanings, spellings etc. etc. we have the dot plus echo show . I’d be lost without them!

Millie22 Sat 14-Jun-25 21:55:33

Listening to the radio
Playing music as I have a playlist
Weather forecast and temperature
Spellings if I can't remember a word
I also say night night to Alexa