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Is Amazon Alexa down? It’s probably not just you

If you’re wondering whether Amazon Alexa is down or if it’s just you, there’s an easy way to check. On the morning of 20 ...

Alexa users have had a hell of a morning with their alarms

There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like ...

Is Amazon Alexa down? Thousands report issues amid AWS outage

Amazon’s Alexa was one of the many tech services impacted by a major Amazon Web Services outage that started Monday morning, Oct. 20.

Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT and more taken down by major AWS outage

A major Amazon Web Services outage resulted in many different platforms and services being taken down for many users ...

The most important Alexa voice commands you can use with your Amazon Echo

You can use Alexa commands to play music, check the weather, order food, and even turn on your living room lights.

Your Amazon Echo does more than tell the time: 5 features you haven’t tried yet

Most people use Alexa for basic requests, but Echo devices can do much more. From home safety to daily time savers, here are ...

Yes, Alexa can identify songs that it's playing for you — here's how to do it manually, or set Alexa to identify automatically

Your Alexa-enabled smart speaker can identify songs, but you'll need to say a specific phrase: "Alexa, what song is this?" ...
The Verge

What to expect from Amazon’s big fall hardware event on Tuesday

Amazon is already hinting at new Echos and a new color Kindle. Amazon is already hinting at new Echos and a new color Kindle. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined ...