Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

Hopefully you'll never need to use this skill but, in case you do, here's a quick demo of how it works. Delve into disorders and get answers to your ailments with the in-depth WebMD skill.

Do better than me at this groovy multiple-choice trivia skill all about the Greek Gods. Go on - it won't be hard.

Invoked with 'The Memory Game' but found in the store as above, Penny Golden ([email protected]) brings us a groovy skill to see how plastic your young(ish) brain still is. That's 'plastic' as an adjective of course and not as a noun. Anyone who literally has a plastic brain has done well to even get out of bed this morning. And anyone who'd like to send in a demo or two, please do to [email protected]. I can also suggest tips on recording and skills to cover too.

If you like movies then today's skill might be for you. If you like seeing someone who knows nothing about movies try wildly to guess them from the audio of their trailers, then today's demo might be for you.----more----

If you're learning a language and want to be served up sentences by the fistful then this skill's for you. Oodles of languages are covered - oodles I say!

Andrea Barker ([email protected]) brings us two brilliant anti-intruder skills today. Scare off those potential burglars with everything from ferocious dogs to overly-aggressive washing up…

Listen to this famous Roald Dahl story as an audio book. Read by Kate Winslet, it's free on your Echo until the end of Sunday 19 Aug and runs for 4hrs 18mins. Happy squeezing-in!

Launched with "Stream Player", watch a wide range of free-to-view channels on your display devices or simply listen to the audio on your standard Echo or Dot. Definitely worth a look or, er, listen.

Rob and Juliet Winter are back with two brilliant HP-related demos - one to help you discover your patronus (were you to suddenly acquire magical powers and could summon one, of course) and a welcome revisit of the true or false trivia game about all seven books in the HP series. Thanks guys - magic.

Waaaay back in the dim mists of time (well, over a year ago now) we checked out this cool skill that takes spoken phrases and turns them into torturous ditties. Penny Golden ([email protected]) isn't one to shy away from a bit of aural torture, though. No way, José!