Enter your email address below to receive your promo code and stay up to date on the latest tech news and updates. Home Computers How to Download the Alexa Click the magnifying glass icon in the bottom-right corner of your screen. Type Microsoft Store into the search bar and click Open. Then type Alexa into the search bar. You can find the search bar in the upper-right corner of the Microsoft Store window. Select the Alexa app. This is the free app with the blue Alexa icon.
Then click the Get button to download the Alexa app to your computer. A progress bar will appear in the middle of your window. Wait for the app to finish downloading. The app requires 81 MB of disk space. Once the Alexa app is done downloading, click Launch to install it on your computer. Then click Set up Amazon Alexa. Sign in or create an Amazon account. For this option, you will have to fill in your name, an email address and create a password, then click on Create your Amazon account.
Then click Continue on the Terms and Conditions page. Screenshots iPhone iPad. Description Use the Amazon Alexa app to manage Alexa-enabled devices, control music playback, view shopping lists on the go, keep track of upcoming reminders, check on active timers and much more.
Nov 23, Version 2. Various bug fixes and performance improvements. Ratings and Reviews. App Privacy. Size Category Lifestyle. Compatibility iPhone Requires iOS All rights reserved. Price Free. Developer Website App Support. Family Sharing With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app. Featured In. Alexa, Play Apple Podcasts.
You can now listen to your favorite shows on Echo devices. More By This Developer. Amazon Go. Amazon Chime. Amazon Key. Amazon A to Z. It also comes with voice enhancement which boosts audio frequencies to isolate sound and amplify music over background noises- with this being mentioned, it can pick up voice easily, making it the perfect candidate for an Amazon Echo replacement:. With a small length of nearly 26 inches, the Sonos soundbar packs all of the essentials to a home theater system into a compact bar.
With a microphone and a built-in wifi adapter, it can run Alexa and many other virtual AI assistants. Slightly cheaper than most soundbars as you can see on the Amazon website. Occasionally, with so many upsides to owning a soundbar with Alexa-capabilities, unfortunately, there are also downsides. Because the soundbar is going to have more functionality than a regular soundbar, the cost is going to be unusually higher than buying a regular soundbar. With newer technology, upgraded wifi, and better HiFi functions that are constantly being added to soundbars today, the cost for a soundbar may add up quickly.
Before, the norm was for your soundbar to play music and audio to your ears- you could spend a little more money to get a soundbar with better quality. Nowadays, you have the ability to speak to your soundbar and tell it to turn off the lights in your living room- some people think of it as technological advancements, others call it laziness.
Also to mention, just like Google assistant that many have on their phones, any devices with Alexa assistance have standby power. Some might turn it off when not in use- at night, for example- but it would still need to be turned on during the day which still might show a bump in the bills. The soundbar has to be connected via bluetooth which could lead to a possible quick drainage in the phone battery. All of the unnecessary time spent connected might add up, but that might be more beneficial than setting up and connecting your phone to your soundbar every time you need to use Alexa- that defeats the purpose for having an assistant.
Something to keep in mind is that all of the voices that the Alexa device is hearing goes to collection to improve data and can get breached at any moment.
The third-party server that the information goes to is entirely secured and backed up by all sorts of unbreakable firewalls.
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