Battling Allergies? Learn how your Amazon Echo can reveal the pollen count for the day in your area! We will also look at how you can learn about the current air quality in your area.

Learn how you can get your reminders sent to your phone via a text message! Great for folks who don't have a smartphone.

Want to save a buck or two? Learn how your Amazon Echo can give you notice that an item in your wish list or cart is about to go on sale. [Revision: An Edit was added to this episode on 4/13/2022 at 9:45am EST, highlighting that this feature is advertised as a Amazon Prime feature.]

Trying to diet? Learn how your Amazon Echo can help you with food facts, so you know what you're eating!

Learn how you can join Zoom Meetings on a modern Amazon Echo Show.

In this episode we discuss the new "Notify When Nearby" accessibility feature. Ever missed a notification on your Amazon Echo; can't see the yellow ring spinning to indicate you've missed something. If so, this feature is for you and really anyone who doesn't want to miss their important notifications. 

In this episode learn how your Amazon Echo can help connect your symptoms to possible causes.

Learn some of the verbal commands you can use with your Echo Show 10 with Motion. You can easily toggle this feature on and off; and a whole lot more.

In this episode learn all about the "Alexa Answers" service and how it can aid Alexa to answer those odd-ball questions. Also how you can be a contributor and make Alexa smarter. To learn more, check out the website: https://alexaanswers.amazon.com/

In this episode learn how you can control for how long your Amazon Echo retains voice recordings in the cloud and whether human curation is allowed, to make Alexa smarter. In episode 181 we cover additional privacy controls, so if you missed that, please go back and give that a listen.