Tag: Alexa

  • How to Reset Alexa Echo Dot

    How to Reset Alexa Echo Dot

    The Alexa Echo Dot talking speakers need a hard reset every so often. This restores them to out-of-box, factory default state. Hard resetting them also fixes many weird behaviors they might show.  Resetting prepares them for sale or gifting. So here, we detail how to reset Alexa Echo Dot for the three current generations of…

  • How to Reset Echo Alexa

    How to Reset Echo Alexa

    A full reset Echo Alexa routine is needed sometimes.  Why?   Because perhaps you desire to sell your old Echo device. Or perhaps you just want to connect your speaker to a new Amazon account, or to another WiFi network. So, with those needs to consider, this post details how to reset Echo Alexa assistant…

  • Connect JBL Charge 5 Speaker to Alexa

    Connect JBL Charge 5 Speaker to Alexa

    Explains the connect JBL Charge 5 speaker to Alexa procedure. So this pairing happens between the JBL and Alexa devices directly. Thus you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re setting up this connection with. Connect JBL Charge 5 Speaker to Alexa: Step by Step With your Charge 5 switched OFF, run…

  • Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa

    Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa

    Explains the connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa procedure. So this pairing happens between the JBL and Alexa devices directly. Thus you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re setting up this connection with. Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa: Step by Step With your Charge 5 switched OFF, run through this…

  • Alexa Echo Action Button — Explained

    Alexa Echo Action Button — Explained

    The Alexa Echo Action Button gives access to some key assistant functions.  For example, you can reset the device with it. Plus, you can summon the speaker as well as stop ringing alarms from the speaker. Quite the useful multi-function button, for sure.  So here, we define this button, and explain how it works, and…

  • Alexa Echo Dot Spotify Instructions

    Alexa Echo Dot Spotify Instructions

    Gives Alexa Echo Dot Spotify instructions. These explain the following. How to connect your account on Spotify to your Amazon Alexa smart speakers. Play albums, playlists, genres, and specific artists. How to disconnect your Alexa Echo Dot from Spotify. Alexa Echo Dot Spotify Instructions: Summary In short, this document covers the following topics. What you…

  • Find Pandora on Alexa App Instructions

    Find Pandora on Alexa App Instructions

    In earlier versions of the Amazon Alexa app, finding the Pandora service wasn’t always easy.  But in the latest version you can find Pandora on Alexa app in a few places.  Thus we talk you through how to find it in the Alexa app below. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and Concerns People not finding Pandora…

  • Can You Change Amazon Alexa Name

    Can You Change Amazon Alexa Name

    Can you change Amazon Alexa name? You can indeed change the name that the Amazon Alexa enabled speakers respond to when you say it. Current choices are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,” and “Echo…” You say this name when you want the voice assistant to run a command or answer a question. It’s how you “get her…

  • Can You Change Alexas Name She Answers To?

    Can You Change Alexas Name She Answers To?

    Can you change Alexas name? You can indeed change the name that the Amazon Alexa enabled speakers respond to when you say it.  So the current choices are, “Alexa…,” “Amazon…,” “Computer…,” “Ziggy…,” and “Echo…”  You say this name when you want the voice assistant to run a command or answer a question.  It’s how you…

  • How to Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa

    How to Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa

    Explains how to connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa devices. So this pairing happens between the JBL and Alexa units directly. Thus you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re setting up this connection with. How to Connect JBL Charge 5 to Alexa: Step by Step With your Charge 5 switched OFF,…