Setting up and using an echo show

Amazon Echo Show provides many customization options, that go far beyond basic installation .

With advanced settings and additional features, Alexa Skills allows you to change the location of your device, manage your calendar, get weather information for any location around the world, and set accessibility features for users with hearing or visual impairments.

Here are some details on how to set up Echo Show for you.

In addition to basic settings

Here are ways you can adjust your settings.

Device Location . As a result of the initial setup process, Echo Show knows your location, time zone, and other information. However, if you want to manually change your location, all you need to do is tell Alexa «Go to settings» or select settings using the touch screen. Then select » Options devices» > » Device Location» and use the on-screen keyboard to enter the new physical address.
Calendar A: One of the great things about the echo show is that you can use it to organize occasional home, shopping, travel, business or holiday events. At the echo show, tell Alexa «Show me my calendar.» As soon as your calendar appears on the screen, you can instruct Alexa to «Add an event to my calendar» or «Remove my event».
Weather and other information : For «Echo Show» labeled «Show me the weather», weather information similar to what you see on the web page will be displayed. By default, the weather information will match the location of your echo show. However, you can check the weather anywhere by entering a city, state, or country in Alexa. You also ask the Echo Show to display weather information for the next day or other days if the information is available. You can also further customize the weather information feature to display the temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius.

In addition to the weather, you can use the Echo Show to provide traffic and sports updates that can be displayed on the Echo Show screen.

Availability : The Echo Show offers several options to improve accessibility for people with hearing or visual impairments. For the hearing impaired, you can enable closed captioning for supported content through the OSD settings. Using the Message Touch feature, you can view transcripts of voice messages. For the visually impaired, Echo Show provides a screen magnifier that can be controlled with physical gestures. Color inversion is handy when you prefer white text over a black background, and the Color Correction feature can optimize the display to compensate for varying degrees of color blindness.

Video fine-tuning features

Because the Echo Show has a screen, you can watch videos, TV shows, and movies through Amazon Video and other streaming services.

September 26, 2017 Google has disabled official support for YouTube videos with Echo Show (as well as products Amazon FireTV ). As a workaround, Amazon redirects you to the web browser version of the Firefox or Silk service.

If you are subscribed to Amazon Prime (including any Amazon streaming channels like HBO, Showtime, Starz, Cinemax, and more), you can ask Echo Show to «Show me my video library» or «…watchlist.» You can also verbally search for a specific movie, series, actor, or genre.

Playback can be controlled with verbal commands, including the ability to play, pause, skip forward, or rewind in specified time increments. You can also command Echo Show to skip to the next episode if you are watching the show.

Another cool video playback feature is «Daily Briefings». This option displays short, timely video clips with the «Alexa, tell me the news» command. Looking for a list of news sources you can customize, Echo Show will start showing short video news clips. Content contributors you can choose from include CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, People Magazine, and NBC.

While you can view video clips, trailers, movies, and TV shows from selected services on the Echo Show screen, Echo Show cannot share this content on the big screen. In addition, Echo Show does not provide access to all app options offered on Amazon Fire TV devices. However, you can tell Alexa to tell the Fire TV device what to show on your TV instead of the Fire TV remote.

Music fine tuning

Like others smart speakers echo Echo Show can find and play music. Just ask the Echo Show to play a song, artist or genre. If you subscribe to Prime Music, you can command Echo Show to play music from that source using commands such as «Play rock from Prime Music» or «Play Top 40 from Prime Music».

You can verbally command the Echo Show to «volume up», «stop the music», «pause», «skip to the next song», or «repeat this song».

In addition to the playback options above, you can view album/artist art and lyrics on the Echo Show screen. You can turn the display of music lyrics on or off with simple Alexa commands, or by tapping the Lyrics icon shown on the screen.

If you have multiple echoes in your home, naming them all can be confusing for Alexa. You can change what you call echo, to avoid confusion.

Alexa skills that are great to use on an echo show

Purchases : Using the touch screen or Alexa commands, you can search for an item, such as «order HDMI cable ” or “order a broom”. The screen will display the top-ranking Amazon products in your search category. If you want to see more options, you can give the «Show echo» command to «show more» or «show me more» or swipe on the touchscreen. If you need more information about specific products, just say «Select a number» [1, 2, 3, что угодно]». Once you’ve made your choice, you can select and buy it with a «buy this» label, and then follow the checkout and payment procedures.

While you can buy items individually, Echo Show will not let you buy multiple items in an existing Amazon shopping cart.

Calling and messaging in Alexa A: To use Alexa Calling and Messaging with Echo Show, you first need to use the Alexa app to create your contact list. You can add or subtract contacts as needed. For voice calls or messaging, you can use Echo Show to call or send a message to anyone with a compatible device with the Alexa app installed. You can also use Alexa to make free outgoing phone calls to anyone in the US, Canada, and Mexico. However, this feature does not support 911 calls and only those on your Amazon contact list can initiate calls to your echo show.
- For video calls, both parties need to have an echo show. To make a video call, you can schedule an echo show by saying something like, «Alexa, call your mom.» You can also make audio-only calls to any compatible echo calls, or audio-video calls to those who have an echo show. You always have the option to make audio-only calls with Echo Show.
- You can turn on drop-in for anyone in your contact list, or for any Echo devices in your home. With Drop-in, you can instantly connect to any Echo or Echo Show device on your list without using your phone. You don’t need anyone on the other end to confirm your «call». You can turn off the video portion of a channel by saying «video off» or by tapping the video on/off icon on the Echo Show touchscreen. You can log in at any time by saying «hang up» or by pressing the end button on the Echo Show touchscreen.
- It goes without saying that Drop-in is quite controversial, as you can sign up or «spy» on the person or location of any Echo or Echo Show device on your list, and you don’t need confirmation from the recipient. However, there is a short musical tone on the receiving end that can be heard if the person on it is close enough to hear it.

Food Network and All Recipes . Get inspired by Food Food or Allrecipes with Echo Show skills. Once turned on, you can say, «Alexa, ask the Food Network what’s going on now.» Depending on your request, you can view photos and recipes, or choose from a list of cooking videos. For all recipes, you can say «Alexa, open all recipes». If you have something more specific, you can say, «Alexa, ask AllRecipes for the roast beef recipe.» You can view photos of the finished dish along with the recipe. However, AllRecipes does not currently provide video clips.
Uber : You can use Echo Show to reserve trip Uber in a popular transport service. Just turn on the Uber skill and say, «Alexa, ask Uber to request a ride.»
Smart home control : Like other Echo devices, the Echo Show can function as a control center for your home. You can use Echo Show to lock and unlock doors, set thermostats for areas of the house, control room lighting, or monitor your home with a security camera. Echo Show can also provide limited control over compatible home entertainment devices, including TVs, home theater systems, motorized wall mounts, and more. You may need to use a compatible remote control device such as the Logitech Harmony to use this feature. However, additional control accessories and home entertainment devices may be required to fully utilize the Echo smart home features.