Even if you're a regular Alexa user, there's a good chance you haven't discovered some of its most efficient features. Actually, strike that: There's a good chance you're only using your Alexa device ...

In September, Amazon took the wraps off the Echo Wall Clock, a seemingly basic analog clock with the ability to pair with an Echo device. In addition to its traditional appearance, the Echo Wall Clock ...

Using the Alexa Timer is so easy, it’s the first skill many Echo smart speaker owners try out. Just say, “Alexa, set a timer for 12 minutes,” to start a countdown. When we bought our first Echo Dot ...

Those minute markers light up to show you how much time’s left before your frozen pizza is ready to snarf. Sound the alarm for Alexa-timer addicts: The Amazon wall clock that syncs up with Echo ...

Amazon Alexa — and most other voice assistants, for that matter — used to be a novel science fiction-ish concept when it was first introduced back in the mid-2010s. More than a decade later, it has ...

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