Amazon voice assistant – Alexa is the biggest trend these days. Everyone is willing to buy one of them, but do you know how exactly Alexa can be helpful, playful, entertaining, and interesting, altogether? Alexa has a lot to offer which you can read in our another blog: Know-How Alexa Can Make Your Home Smarter? However, many third-party skills make Alexa the desired voice assistant speaker.
What Are Skills?
You must be thinking that skills mean we need to teach Alexa, or Alexa must be teaching us. Actually, none of it is correct. Skills are the third-party integrations that increase the Alexa functionality and its overall worth. If you want to do something more than just assistance with Alexa, use third-party Alexa skills and commands.
List Of Alexa Skills
Here’s a bunch of Alexa skills that we have brought to enrich your Alexa experience.
1) Capital One
Make your credit card payments and check its balance with just an Alexa command by enabling Capital One in your Echo device. Do not worry, it is completely safe and encrypted. The first time, you will have to log in with your credentials and then in the future, you can access it with the 4-digit PIN. Make sure you do not shout out loud or make the payment when someone’s around.
2) Quick Events
Although you can mark an event in the calendar itself, if you want, add Quick Events in Alexa. They also remind the upcoming plans and events. Just say, “Alexa, ask Quick Events to add (the work) at (time).
3) Yonomini
Surprisingly, yonomini doesn’t support Alexa but, it can be compatible with the help of IFTTA. Yonomi can create a virtual scenario for each command you give. For instance, “Alexa, turn on the sunrise”
4) Harmony
Harmony, powered by Logitech can control your home devices through voice commands such as “Alexa, turn on the TV.” “Alexa, turn on Amazon Prime,” etc.
5) Joule: Sous Vide By ChefSteps
Did you like the way you made the dish last time? Ahaan! Joule skill saved the way you cooked the last time. It will assist you in making the same way. Just say, “Alexa, ask Joule to cook a chicken like last time.”
6) The Bartender
If you want to highlight your bartending skills but you are still learning, or you may not be a person who remembers drink recipes, Skill – The Bartender is the solution. Just say, Alexa, tell me what a (drink name) made of?” You will get complete information that will help you understand your drink.
7) Food Order Skills
Now you can order your favourite meal on Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and Domino’s with just a command. “Alexa, ask Domino’s to place an order” You can enable Domino’s, Starbucks Reorder, and Pizza Hut skills in your Alexa for easy food ordering and delivery.
8) Track By Nutritionix
Gone are the days, when we had to manually input our calorie intakes for food tracking. With Track by Nutritionix, we can tell Alexa about our food intake, and it will record it on its own. You just simply say, “Alexa, tell the food tracker to log a cup of hot chocolate.” Moreover, you can ask about the calories the food contains before consuming it. Say, “Alexa, ask the food tracker how many calories are there in 4 omelettes.”
9) Feels Like
A lot of times, we feel colder than the weather shows or warmer than it is. Well, with Feels Like skills, you can check the temperature how it feels like. You will get to know the external temperature as it feels.
10) Fast Weather
In the rush, we forget to check the weather. Sometimes you may wear extra layers of sweaters when it’s warmer than expected or vice versa. So you can use the skill – Fast Weather to get a quick update. Say, “Alexa, fast weather.”
11) Kayak
If you are planning a trip and feeling lazy to type and search on Google. Ask Alexa to help you through Kayak. You can ask Alexa about the flight tickets and flight durations. Moreover, you can seek suggestions for a place in an estimated budget, say $700.
12) Uber
This one is self-explanatory, right? Ask Alexa to book a cab for you to the desired destination with Uber skill. Just say, “Alexa, book an Uber car for me to Dublin Airport.” and you are done.
13) Valossa Movie Finder
If you love binge-watching but get confused about what to watch, this skill is perfect for you. Valossa Movie Finder will suggest multiple movies as per the genre preferences you may have. Ask, “Alexa, use Movie Finder to find romantic movies from the 1990s.”
14) Short Bedtime Story
Your kids need a bedtime story, but you are so tired to read one for them? Do not worry. You just pamper them by lying beside them, rest everything Alexa with Short Bedtime Story skill will do. You can also modify the story character names to make it more realistic for your kids.
Conclusion
These are the best Alexa skills used by the maximum users. If you want to explore more, keep giving commands to Alexa and check what responses you get in return. Also, you can ask Alexa to tell you what it can do for you today? This way, you will be able to understand it in a better manner. Amazon is working on its AI voice assistant to help you as much as possible so whenever you seek help, always ask Alexa what it can do for you? Let us know which skill did you like the most? And what else did you explore in your Echo speaker with the Amazon Alexa voice assistant?