It’s just a slim black cylinder, but — oh, the things the Amazon Echo can do! I own one and love it!
The Echo is a very cool gift for anyone – from grammar schooler to nonagenarian. It’s fun — and functional — for everyone, and makes a great family gift.
The Echo would also be perfect for someone recovering from an illness or a person with mobility issues.
Even Oprah, one of the wealthiest women in the world, included the Echo on her 2015 Oprah’s Favorite Things list.
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Here are 20 things you can do with Amazon Echo:
- Get the weather forecast for your area or any area
- Create lists (shopping, to do, etc.) and add items to them — then access the lists on the Echo smart phone app and check items off when they’re completed
- Get sports scores
- Get traffic information
- Get the latest news
- Play music from Amazon Music, Prime Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more
- Play a specific song
- Play music by a specific artist
- Listen to audio books
- Get virtually any type of information — anything that’s in Wikipedia
- Set an alarm for a specific time
- Check your Google calendar
- Add items to or remove items from your Google calendar
- Set a timer
- Adjust volume
- Ask a math question (“What is 7 multiplied by 278?”)
- Hear a joke
- Control lights and other household devices via related apps
- Play bingo and other games (activate them on the smart phone app)
- Learn the meaning of a new word every day
And new features are being added all the time! Check it out.
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I was so tempted to get one – then I read reviews that weren’t so good. I guess I’ll have to rethink that now! Sounds like fun.
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