5 Hidden Uses of Your Amazon Echo You are Missing On

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You might not be aware of that your Alexa smart speaker has some cool features that are not discovered by most users till now. These features are not one of the common features of the Echo speakers since very few people heard about them. Amazon Echo is one of the best innovations of the 21st century, and it is capable of doing much more than what you know think about it. In this article, we are going to help you to unlock the potential of your Alexa enabled device. So keep on reading and enjoying the insane features of your tiny smart baby. Its cool hidden features include ordering grocery to make donations with just speaking out a single phrase. Let’s consider each feature one by one and get started.

1. Cast Alexa to Your Other Devices

 While you are enjoying music on your Amazon Echo, you may need to go to another room in your house, but it can sometimes be a pain to pause the music and then go to another room. However, now that you are reading this article, you won’t have to pause the music from now on. Within your one voice command, the same music can be transferred to your other speaker in your home. 

This can be done via casting your 1st Alexa to your 2nd Echo in another room. Here’s how to cast your Echo to another one:

1. Take your smartphone that is connected to your Alexa speaker.
2. Open the Amazon Music application on your phone.
3. Choose the playlist that you wish to play.
4. Open the music controls.
5. Hit the button located on the bottom-right corner.
6. Choose the Echo speaker you wish to cast your first speaker too.
7. The music will now be cast to your 2nd speaker as well.  

2. Amazon Echo: An Ultimate Home Guard

In case you are a bit anxious about break-in into your home whenever you are outside, then there is nothing that works better than the simple Alexa enabled smart speaker like Echo. You don’t have to anything other than just saying “Alexa, I am Leaving”, and then it will guard your home. It will use its extremely sensible microphone to hear the break-in noises and any suspicious sounds in the environment t of your house. In case it hears anything suspicious, it will instantly send you a warning so that you can contact security to check your house for any suspicious activities. Once you are back at your house, you can speak out Alexa I am home” to turn off the Alexa Home Guard feature.  

3. Shop Anything Using Amazon

You no longer needed to open your smartphone to order some essential things for your house, whether it be toothpaste, facewash or toilet-paper. However, it doesn’t mean that you should use it order shoes for you since you should that manually with the appearance and your choice. Still, it is an extremely useful feature for you in case you don’t have enough time to dig into your smartphone screen. To get started with Alexa Shopping, just follow these instructions:

1. On your phone, head to the Alexa app.
2. Now navigate to Menu.
3. Head to Settings.  
4. Then go to Account Settings. 
5. After that, hit on Voice Purchasing.
6. Now turn on the option saying Purchase by voice.
7. From now on just say, Alexa, I would like to buy toothpaste.
8. It will add the product into the cart and then you will be asked to confirm your final purchase.
9. You can keep your delivery address already settled up in order to make a voice purchase.  

4. Locate that Missing Phone

 Do you often lose your smartphone inside your house? If so, then Alexa has got your back since it has a feature that allows you to locate your misplaced phone by ringing your phone’s bell. In case the phone is set to the silent mode, you might only then observe the vibration, but if that turned off too, then it is a useless feature.

5. Make Donations

The Alexa allows its user to donate the Amazon pay account, but first of all, you have to make sure that your Amazon pay has enough balance or the bank account is linked to it. All you need to do is speak out Alexa, I would like to make a donation”, and then you will be asked to whom you want to donate and how much you are willing to pay. Just follow the voice prompts to accomplish your donation to trust or organization.  

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