Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

OK guys - let's do this. Today's skill offers us a choice of 7 different HIIT workouts that take you from absolute beginner to body perfect in about a million exhausting steps.

This skill's a must for everyone who's lucky enough to have smart appliances from GE sprinkled around their house. Wes Ferrell (@WesLF on the Twitters) brings us the low-down,

Now you can ask your Echo what those different coloured rings mean. She's also getting better and better about proactively asking you if you want a reminder before an event you've just queried her about ("Alexa, when's the next Man U game?") and she's now great at remembering your place in podcasts.

Man there's a lot of wake-words to bleep out in today's episode! Speaking of bleeping - if you ever want to delete something you've said to the A-lady, you can say “Alexa, delete what I just said" or "Alexa, delete everything I said today”. More info in Amazon's new Alexa Privacy Hub at https://amzn.to/2MzX11S.

Want to know if it's a good time to indulge in your emotions, make a decision or lift a heavy object? Well, if so then we've got just the skill for you! Account linking is required, but I can't quite see why. My intellectual wossname must be even lower than usual today.

According to the skill description: Play an interactive experience based on the legendary videogame Polybius - an immersive audio experience, or fully interactive film for those with an Echo Show or Spot !It is based on a fictitious arcade game, that supposedly first emerged in early 1981. The original game was allegedly part of a government-run psychology experiment and playing the game supposedly produced intense psychoactive and addictive effects in the player. The arcade machines were said to have been visited periodically by men in black for the purpose of data-mining the machines and analyzing these effects. Allegedly all of these Polybius arcade machines disappeared from the arcade market … until now. Are you ready to play? BTW, does it sound like I have a fat tongue in today's episode? Have you ever had a missing filling and it's like a magnet that is irrisistable to explore - even to the extent that you get a sore tongue for your efforts? Well… even stranger things are afoot in today's excellent audio/video adventure skill.

A new contributor today; Wes Ferrell (@WesLF on the Twitters) brings us the frankly seismic news that you can change how fast the A-lady speaks. Speaks American, to Americans, in America, that is (*sigh* Whisper mode anyone?)

Today's skill won't be everyone's cup of tea but, if you have small kids (or are a big kid yourself), then this one might be right up your street. Think candyfloss for your ears.

Forget the game and just enjoy the banter. This skill's cute and clever. Actually, the game might be great too - I didn't even get as far as defeating a Dustling so I can't really comment…

From the makers of the TV Guide skill and opened with 'Pop Time', this skill's all about TV trivia (of which I know next to nothing) and is a real doozy.