News and weather:
- Alexa, Tell me some good news
- Alexa, Tell me the news
- Alexa, Play flash briefing
- Alexa, Will it rain this weekend?
- Alexa, Fast weather
- Alexa, Play latest news from (NPR|CNN|Associated Press|BBC)
- Alexa, Ask the daily show for news
Cool stuff:
- Alexa, Why are you named Alexa? [cool!]
- Alexa, Open three questions
- Alexa, Away mode
- Alexa, Play Jeopardy
- Alexa, Play guided meditation
- Alexa, Open the magic door
- Alexa, Sing me a song
- Alexa, Tell me a joke
- Alexa, Start 7-minute workout
- Alexa, Start 5-minute plan workout
- Alexa, Enable meow
- Alexa, Launch this date in history
- Alexa, Inspire me
- Alexa, Ask magic 8-ball if (question)
- Alexa, Open the wayne investigation
- Alexa, ask Wikipedia about [whatever]
- Alexa, lower volume, raise volume, or volume 1 - 10
Cool sounds: (and enable continuous play by saying “loop it” after it starts)
- Alexa, Play rain sounds
- Alexa, Play distant thunderstorm
- Alexa, Play ocean waves
- Alexa, Play beach sounds
- Alexa, Play gentle thunder sounds
- Alexa, Open future sounds
- Alexa, Play thunderstorm sounds
- Alexa, Play sleep sounds wind chimes
- Alexa, Play space deck
Music:
- Alexa, Play new music
- Alexa, Play Gregorian chants
- Alexa, Play SomaFM (and one of the below) – (see somafm.com for descriptions and more channels, and donate if you can)
- Groove salad
- Boot Liquor
- Drone zone
- Beat Blender
- Illinois Street Lounge
- Space station soma
- Secret agent
- Lush
- Beat blender
- Bagel radio
- Sonic universe
- Suburbs
- Poptron
- Fluid
- Covers
- Also you can “ask soma fm what song this is” (and you can also find the most recently-played list online)
- Also you can “ask soma fm what song this is” (and you can also find the most recently-played list online)
- Groove salad
Skills (must be enabled via Alexa app before use):
- Alexa, Open curiosity (choose/learn about a topic)
- Alexa, tell Skill Finder to give me the skill of the day.
- Alexa, Question of the day
- Alexa, Short bedtime story (must register, but it will use a name you give it in the story)