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Alexa Skills

You can also take advantage of Alexa skills. With tens of thousands of skills or tasks Alexa can perform, you can ask Alexa to help with almost anything you can imagine. Ask Alexa to add a skill you need to customize your experience to your needs, and new Alexa skills are being added continuously.

More Than a Smart Alarm Clock

Sometimes called a “smart alarm clock,” the Spot is capable of so much more. It can be your wake-up call but also your kitchen timer, to-do list tracker, shopping list keeper, and calendar monitor to remind you of important appointments.

It can also make reservations for that lunch date with your mother-in-law, help book travel arrangements, and even sync your updates to your family through the Alexa app.

With your Echo Spot, Alexa can tell you the weather forecast, provide news briefs, and even answer questions by looking up the information for you online. Ask Alexa to provide your daily horoscope, check stats from your Fitbit, play games like Jeopardy!, be your meditation guide, and even help you track your water intake.

Control Other Devices

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Music and Entertainment

Stream Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, podcasts, and Audible audiobooks. The Echo Spot can also sync with other Echo devices in your home to play your audio in any room you choose, or your entire house.

The Echo Spot is a round-shaped device that weighs 14.8 oz. and measures 4.1 x 3.8 x 3.6 inches, with a slanted 2.5-inch-diameter round screen.

The Spot includes a 1.4-inch speaker. For more robust sound, the Spot can connect with and stream audio to other Echo devices; it’s compatible with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth speakers, or you can use the Spot’s 3.5 mm audio output option to connect a physical speaker.

A front-facing camera is positioned above the viewing screen for video calling. When privacy is preferred, the Echo Spot has a button on the back that turns the microphones and built-in camera off or on.

Bluetooth speakers that require a PIN code are not compatible with the Echo Spot.

The Echo Spot uses four microphones, second-generation far-field technology, enhanced noise cancellation, and beamforming technology to hear you from a distance or even when the TV or music is playing in the background.

If you have more than one Echo device, Alexa uses Echo Spatial Perception (ESP) to determine which Echo device is closest to you to respond from.

The Spot is dual-band Wi-Fi-enabled and Bluetooth-enabled to connect and communicate with other devices in your home.

Setting up the Echo Spot requires only a few simple steps:

  • Plug the Echo Spot into a power outlet.
  • Connect to the internet (Wi-Fi).
  • Sign in to the Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet to sync your Echo Spot and enable the full set of features and functionality of Alexa for your Spot, such as enabling new skills, connecting to smart home devices, and more.
  • You’re all set! Ask Alexa anything. Alexa uses artificial intelligence to learn your vocabulary, speech patterns, and recognize your voice to build a user profile that gets smarter the more you use it.

Plug the Echo Spot into a power outlet.

Connect to the internet (Wi-Fi).

Sign in to the Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet to sync your Echo Spot and enable the full set of features and functionality of Alexa for your Spot, such as enabling new skills, connecting to smart home devices, and more.

You’re all set! Ask Alexa anything. Alexa uses artificial intelligence to learn your vocabulary, speech patterns, and recognize your voice to build a user profile that gets smarter the more you use it.

The Echo Show is also a compact device that can perform all of the Spot’s functions, with additional features and functionality. When the Echo Show 5 and the Echo Dot with Clock made their appearance, the Spot effectively became redundant.

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