How to create a flash briefing
What is flash briefing?
Flash briefings are audio pieces that are usually topical and ephemeral, and almost always short. They range from news to inspirational quotes to finance tips. Flash briefings are a subset of Amazon Alexa skills (skills are essentially “apps” for your Amazon smart speaker).
Where is my flash briefing?
Go to Skills. Click the Categories button to the left of the search bar and select News. Alternatively, you can search for “flash briefing” in the search bar. (Not all news skills are Flash Briefing feeds, but many of them are.
Why is my flash briefing not working?
If your Flash Briefing isn’t updating, try restarting your Echo device. Ask Alexa for your Flash Briefing between each step: Go to the Alexa app and check that the news service you want is enabled. If enabled, try toggling it off and then on again.
How do you make Alexa swear?
How to Make Alexa Swear
- Make an Announcement. Alexa announcements simultaneously say something across Echo devices in your home.
- Play a Game of Simon Says. Alexa loves to play games, and one of them even lets you ask it swear (sort of).
- Ask Samuel L. Jackson for Help.
- Get Alexa to Swear On Command.
Can Alexa turn on lights when I get home?
Alexa routines let you automatically make something happen (like music turning on or lights turning off) at a specific time every day, upon an Alexa voice command, any time you arrive at or leave a place or when your morning alarm goes off.
Can Alexa turn on two lights at once?
You can easily combine lights such as ‘Lamp 1′ and ‘Lamp 2′ into a group called ‘Lamps‘ to control both lights with one voice command. Once you create the group, you can turn the lights on or off, set the dim level, or change the color of the entire group of lights.
Why won’t Alexa turn on my lights?
You have to delete the lights from the Alexa app and re add them. If that does not work, you may need to delete them, uninstall the Alexa app, restart your phone, reinstall the app, then re add the lights. That’s what the tech support folks advised me to do.
Can Alexa detect when you get home?
“Using your phone’s GPS, Alexa knows where you are and can remind you about something when you arrive (or leave from) a location. Alexa will send your phone a push notification with the reminder and announce it over your Echo speaker.”
Can Alexa listen for intruders?
By default, all Echo smart speakers include a feature called Alexa Guard, which can alert you to the sound of broken glass or smoke alarms. Guard Plus also expands on Alexa’s standard emergency alerts and intruder deterrents.
Is it safe to leave Alexa on all night?
Nope. They are intended to stay plugged in and always on. They don’t use hardly any electricity when not actively in use, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. I personally leave an echo plus and 2 dots plugged in at all times.
Why is Alexa bad?
One fundamental problem with Alexa or other voice assistants is that the technology is prone to fail. Anyone who has spent any time using Alexa knows that it doesn’t always work like this. Sometimes the software hears random noise, thinks it’s the wake word, and starts recording.
Can Alexa turn evil?
AMAZON Echo users have reported feeling freaked out after their Alexa devices began spontaneously uttering “evil laughs”. Some owners of the voice-enabled assistant described the unprompted cackle as “witch-like” and “bone chillingly creepy”.
How do I know if Alexa is recording me?
First, open the Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet. Tap into the menu bar on the left-hand side and then tap Settings. Next tap Alexa Privacy, and then go into Review Voice History. This is where you can check up on all of the voice recordings Alexa has captured for you.
Does Amazon use Alexa spy?
Is Alexa spying on me? The truth revealed. As far as we know, Amazon isn’t using your Alexa to eavesdrop on everything you do. But there is a big exception: Amazon will sometimes send your voice clips off to “graders”.
Can Alexa record while I’m away?
Yes, Alexa lives in the cloud. The echo is the conduit between you and the cloud. You can control any Alexa supported devices remotely when you are away from home. There are various apps and hubs that can control smart devices remotely.
Why is Alexa spying on us?
Patent applications from Amazon and Google revealed how their Alexa and Voice Assistant powered smart speakers are ‘spying‘ on you. It says patents reveal the devices’ possible use as surveillance equipment for massive information collection and intrusive digital advertising.
Is Alexa recording everything I say?
Alexa is studying you. Although it’s true that the device can hear everything you say within range of its far-field microphones, it is listening for its wake word before it actually starts recording anything (“Alexa” is the default, but you can change it to “Echo,” “Amazon,” or “computer”).
Who is Alexa’s voice?
There was someone whose voice had to be recorded, analyzed, and algorithmically reproduced to create Alexa as we know it now. Amazon has never revealed who this “original Alexa” is, but journalist Brad Stone says he tracked her down, and she is Nina Rolle, a voiceover artist based in Boulder, Colorado.
Is Alexa creepy?
Alexa can get real creepy at times, saying weird stuff or cackling for no reason. And the internet loves it every single time. To be honest, so do we because as much as we’ve got used to helpful, polite voice assistants in every room of the house, it still feels like they could go rogue at any minute.
Is Siri listening all the time?
Just as most other voice assistants, Siri is essentially always on, through your HomePod or iPhone microphone, listening for you to say “Hey Siri” so it can get activated. According to Apple privacy policy, although Siri is listening, it doesn’t remember anything you say before it’s activated by its voice command.
What happens if you call Siri at 3am?
What will happen if we talk to an iPhone’s Siri at 3am? Siri will answer. Siri doesn’t have a 9 to 5 job. Siri doesn’t sleep, he/she is awake 24×7.
Do phones spy on you?
Apps could be secretly accessing your smartphone’s microphone and camera to spy on you, or collect data to serve you targeted ads. To protect yourself, you can download an app that lets you know when the microphone or camera are turned on. You can also invest in some hardware to block out the microphone and camera.