Upgrade your Echo expertise with this Dummies guide to all things Alexa

Amazon’s hugely popular family of Echo devices has made Alexa a household name. Also she can answer your questions, entertain you, moreover help around the house.  In addition Alexa for Dummies is the perfect guide for Alexa users who want to get up and running with their Echo devices. Furthermore setup to making the most of Alexa’s powerful smart home capabilities.  Not to mention this is your one-stop resource to all things Alexa. 

Whether you’ll use Alexa to send text messages, play music, control your thermostat, look up recipes, replenish your pantry. Equally important, just search the internet for information, you’ll find detailed instructions in this fun and easy-to-understand guide.

• Set up and personalise your Alexa device with an Amazon account and custom settings, including your preferred Alexa voice
• Use Alexa to play music throughout your home, stream videos online, and meet all your entertainment needs
• Unlock the power of advanced features like Alexa Skills and make your Alexa accessible
• Turn your ordinary house into a modern smart home with advanced smart home features and Echo accessories

The virtual assistant you’ve dreamed of is now a reality with your favourite Echo device. Let Alexa For Dummies make your wish Alexa’s command.

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From the Back Cover

• Get your Alexa-enabled devices up and running
• Turn your ordinary house into a smart home
• Play music, check the weather, and do more with Alexa

Make your life easier and more fun with Alexa

Alexa devices, the best-selling products on Amazon, can answer your questions.  Also entertain you, and even help around the house. If you want to make the jump from Alexa novice to savvy smart-home whiz.  In other words, this book has everything you need. Whether you’ll use Alexa to send text messages, play music, control your thermostat, keep track of who is at your door.  Similarly look up recipes, or just search the Internet for information.  You’ll find detailed instructions in this fun and easy-to-understand guide.

• Find out which Alexa device is best for you
• Get your Alexa on Wi-Fi
• Manage your calendar
• Create reminders and timers
• Ask Alexa questions
• Play music and podcasts
• Set up your smart home
• Know all the most useful commands

About the Author

Paul McFedries has worked with, programmed, and, yes, talked to computers large and small since 1975. Although he’s now primarily a writer, Paul has worked as a programmer, consultant, database developer, and website developer. As a matter of fact, he has written more than 95 books that have sold more than four million copies worldwide.  Paul McFedries also runs Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company.  And has been writing computer books for more than 17 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 books that have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. In like manner, Paul is also the proprietor of Wordspy.com.  Uniquely, a website that tracks new words and phrases as they enter the language.

Leonard Woods
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ideal for older Generation
18 September 2019
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I’ve bought this Book for my 70 year old mother along with an Amazon Echo,
She has internet access as part of her home phone & TV package.
However she doesn’t know how to use a computer and doesn’t have a smart phone neither.
So this Book is her era of YouTube tutorial video’s and Google search for guide’s.
It’s the ideal reference for the older generation whom don’t have access to other sources of information elsewhere.  Also  it’s packed with 270 pages of very well laid out information from connecting the device to WiFi.  Not to mention moving on to extra security measures you can tweak to further protect the devices from being hacked.  As well as a range of smart home devices etc.

I think in our digital world generation we forget that books were the number one go to tool for the older generations and for that reason

I give this Book 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ as it’s teaching my mother all she needs to get the Amazon Echo Plus up to full potential,

When reviewing books such as this one:
Some of us tend to forget that some people can’t use YouTube or Google when there reviewing books Because they may have heard some of the books content elsewhere,
But when this Book is your only source of additional information, it has everything in one place cover to cover.
Thanks

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Essential “workshop manual”. However the title is somewhat misleading as you might find it a little difficult to assimilate completely if you were too much of a dummy!

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My son bought the Alexa and I signed up for music etc but felt I should know more about this machine so bought the book and it was the best thing I did. Very explanatory, quick delivery and well packed.

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Jeffrey Bowles
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential if you hope to get the full potential of Alexa.
23 April 2019
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Essential “workshop manual”. However the title is somewhat misleading as you might find it a little difficult to assimilate completely if you were too much of a dummy!

5 people found this helpful

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This book is marvellous and easy to understand. Really recommend it for people who are not techies.

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30 May 2019
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My son bought the Alexa and I signed up for music etc but felt I should know more about this machine so bought the book and it was the best thing I did. Very explanatory, quick delivery and well packed.

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