New Features for Amazon Echo. Also, the Echo app was renamed to Amazon Alexa.
What's new?
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Use Alexa skills on Echo
Want Amazon Echo to tell you about upcoming concerts in your city or play math games? You can now turn on skills, which are voice-driven capabilities created by developers that expand Alexa’s capabilities. To use an Alexa skill, you simply need to enable it in the Alexa app, and then you’re ready to try it out.
To get started, open the Alexa app, and then select Skills. Find the skill you're interested in, and then select Enable. After you turn on the skill, say the example phrases in the app to Alexa to use the skill. You can also see more details about the skill in the app. To learn more, go to Turn On Alexa Skills.
Listen to new programs in your Flash Briefing
You can now listen to the programs “ABC Headline News,” “ABC Business News,” “Good Morning America,” “Fox Sports,” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live The Morning After” in your Flash Briefing. To listen to these programs, link your iHeartRadio account to your Echo in the app.
Multiple Timers and Alarms
Use your Amazon Echo to set up to multiple alarms and timers. Making multiple dishes that take different amounts of time to cook? Set multiple timers. Are two people waking up at different times? Set multiple alarms.
Use your voice to set multiple alarms and timers, but use the Alexa app to manage them. For more information, go to Manage Timers & Alarms or Clock & Timer.
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Amazon Echo gets StubHub Skills and more smarthome integration
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Third party Echo apps appear under Alexa's "Skills", showing the future possibilities for a broad ecosystem. Alexa now works with Levitron, Lightify and Cree smarthome products, too.
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