Ever wanted to remind yourself of something as soon as you got home? What about work? Now you can using location-based reminders. In this episode, we’ll show you how to set up location-based reminders on your Amazon Echo device. Tune in now! From our Archives, previously episode 44.

Tune in to the latest episode of Echo Tips where we discuss Amazon’s recent decision to discontinue its celebrity voices for its virtual assistant. We’ll cover the launch of the feature in 2019 with Samuel L. Jackson’s voice and the addition of Shaq and Melissa McCarthy. We’ll also talk about what this means for users who paid for these voices and what we think the future holds for custom voices on the Amazon Echo. And how AI is going to make our Alexa devices smarter than ever.

Referenced in this Podcast:

The Verge:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/30/23742109/amazon-alexa-celebrity-voices-discontinued

VoiceMod's Voice.ai

https://www.voicemod.net/ai-voices/

Get ready for the latest episode of the Echo Tips Podcast! This week, we’re diving into the exciting new features of the Echo Pop and the newly revised Echo Show 5. Tune in to learn all about these amazing devices and how they can enhance your smart home experience. Don’t miss it!

Are you tired of missing your favorite TV shows? Tune in to the latest episode of the Echo Tips Podcast to learn how your Echo can help you stay on top of TV schedules and never miss a show again!

This was one of our most popular podcast episodes of all time! So we dusted it off and brought it back for your listening pleasure, plus we mention some of the latest features that are now available that weren't then.

We cover several topics this week, we talk about Amazon's announcements, concerning MATTER suport, we take a look at AutoPlay again, and test how well Dave knows his Alexa!

In this week we take a look at a variety of Music features, including AutoPlay, Move Here, and Explicit Lyric Filters. Music partially played in this demo is from Jonathan Coulton; you can find his music at https://www.jonathancoulton.com/ .

We try out the new Oracle of Light Advanced Mode, for $1.69 a month (Prime Members), we get access to longer answers and context awareness. Listen as I generate a poem, and quiz the oracle on Star Trek trivia.

We've talked about Alarms in episodes 1, 2, 117, 228, and 240. Today we address a seeingly new feature the ability to schedule a alarm for a specific date months into the future! Prior to this you'd have to use reminders or the calendar to schedule something out that far.

In this episode we take a look at how your Echo can now remember the volume level you had on an associated Bluetooth speaker and we look at how to look at your activity history.