Set up your Alexa for an emergency If you have an Alexa device, you know how convenient it can make life despite the obvious privacy issues that come along with an open microphone inside your home.

Alexa's Routines function lets you complete multiple tasks using just a single voice command. Here's a handy guide on how to add Routines to your smart home.

Echo smart speakers are pretty simple to set up and customize, provided you have an internet connection and the right app. Here's how to have Alexa doing your bidding in no time.

The Alexa privacy section gives you the chance to review your voice history, your smart alert history, your smart home devices history, your skill permissions and how Alexa (and Amazon) use your data.

Sure, Amazon may want you to use its own Music app with Alexa, but you can still set up Spotify for a top-rate streaming experience.

Have a Sonos speaker? Own an Amazon Alexa-powered device like an Echo or Echo Dot? Now you can control Sonos by talking into thin air.

Once you enable either Follow-up Mode or Continued Conversations, you won’t need to say “Alexa” or “Hey Google” again to ask more questions.

Amazon's house brand, Amazon Basics, produces its own smart home devices that tie into the Alexa ecosystem, like a smart ...

You can connect your Spotify account to Alexa to play music with voice commands, and even set it as your default music player.

Often, Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri will ask for clarification about something you said. This can be annoying, but answering will help train the AI to know you better.

How to set Spotify as your default music service on Alexa devices You must say "on Spotify" after every command when you ask Alexa to play music on your Amazon device.