The Echo speakers are widely adored in homes, where people have put Alexa, Amazon's virtual assistant that controls Echo, to work on tasks like creating shopping lists,
setting kitchen timers, playing music and turning on the lights.
Set the kitchen timer for 10 minutes and challenge your preschooler to «Beat the Clock.»
With over 6,000 skills available, Alexa can also control one's smart home, request car service,
set kitchen timers and check the weather - all hands - free by just using your voice.
Using Alexa, the system's voice - command service, you can now turn on smart lights, play music, or even
set a kitchen timer.
To start my day with as little hassle as possible, I fix my daughter breakfast then
set my kitchen timer for 20 minutes.
Not exact matches
Before you sit down,
set a time limit (consider keeping a
kitchen timer nearby to alert you when time's up).
Get yourself a
kitchen timer and
set it to go off every 30 minutes.
When you're at home, leave the puppy out of the crate, but
set a
timer (you know, one of those we use in the
kitchen for timing) for every 60 - 90 minutes (no cheating; 90 minutes is the maximum).
I used a
kitchen timer set at 30 minutes (not 45) and re-read several sentences to fill up the time until the
timer rang.»
You
set your
timer (be it a
kitchen timer, your cell phone alarm, etc.) and then focus your actions on one specific task during that time (pick something off the list you created in Step # 1.)
When Siri did work, it was for the small stuff Siri is generally good at, like converting units in the
kitchen or
setting a
timer.
Amazon also suggested that customers could put the device in their
kitchens, where they could
set timers and add items to their shopping list.
Or use Spot in the
kitchen to easily
set and see
timers, call friends and family, see shopping and to do lists, and more.
For the most part, Alexa's
kitchen utility is limited to its
timer -
setting abilities and basic recipe - reading skills.
With the Switch +, you can use Alexa pretty much like any other smart speaker; you can
set alarms for
timers (which would make the Switch + handy in the
kitchen), listen to podcasts, play games and more.
This helps keep your Echo from listening (and recording) unnecessary information, and it gives you an easy word to shout from the
kitchen when you want to
set a
timer.
I'm particularly enamored with using Siri in the
kitchen, where I can tell her to
set a
timer or ask for help with converting measurements when I'm elbow deep in a recipe.
It does literally everything you can do on your standard Google Home, like automate smart home controls, play stuff on your TV, listen to Spotify or YouTube Music,
set timers in your
kitchen, and more.
Using Google Assistant, you can dim the lights in a specific room,
set timers, change light colors, and even ask if you left the
kitchen lights on.
Or use Dot in the
kitchen to easily
set timers, ask for measurement conversions and recipes, and shop for tens of millions of Amazon products using just your voice.
I've used it in the
kitchen to
set timers and convert measurements, and I've used it in the living room to control everything in my house.
Amazon has pitched this device has something you can place on your night stand to
set alarms, or something you can have on your
kitchen counter for cooking
timers.
So it's baffling that the HomePod can't
set more than one
timer or name those
timers; anyone who cooks with a smart speaker in their
kitchen knows how incredibly useful that is.
Features include a small number of built - in programs, a memory button for your favourite
setting and a
kitchen timer.