Alexa: Setting It Up

Hello, my name is Ricky Enger, and today we’re going to discuss a few things that are important to know before getting started with the Alexa Amazon Echo. Well first, what is the Amazon Echo anyway?

The Amazon Echo is a really cool device that you can talk to, and it will respond based on what you’ve said. You can listen to music with it; you can ask it for a recipe; it can tell you the news, the weather …. You can even play games with it, or it can tell you jokes. It’s pretty amazing actually. We call these devices smart assistants, or smart speakers, and they can really do a lot to make our lives easier.

Okay great, so there are a few things we should know in order to get one of these devices and get it set up.

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