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What Languages Does Alexa Speak in 2025? [with Dialects]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

In this article, I’m going to address the question of what languages does Alexa speak, and I will provide a handy table of all the dialects currently available. I’ll also provide step-by-step instructions to show you how to change them on your device. Want the short answer? Amazon Alexa can speak English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Hindi, Japanese and Portuguese. …

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How To Increase Alexa Microphone Sensitivity [2025]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

Currently, there is no setting in the Alexa app that lets you can increase Alexa microphone sensitivity of your Echo devices. However, in this post, I explain a few things you can try to help Alexa hear and understand you better. Why Can’t Alexa Hear Me? ‘ve got a bunch of Echo devices. Eight is the last count, I believe. …

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How To Turn Off Alexa Delivery Notifications [3 Easy Steps]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

In this article, I’ll show you how to turn off Alexa delivery notifications via the Amazon Shopping settings in the Alexa app. You might want to do this if don’t want to let everyone in your home ‘in’ on everything you buy (like a gift for example). If you want the quick version on how to turn off Alexa delivery …

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Alexa Halloween Skills 2025: 7 Scooby-licious Things To Ask

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

Alexa Halloween Skills 2021?: Looking for even more spooky things to ask Amazon Alexa this Halloween? Well, fire up your jack o’ latern, because we’ve got the Scooby-licious skills you need. First there was our hallmark post, 9 Spook-tacular Things to Ask Alexa this Halloween. Now, we are ‘thrilled’ to bring you even more Echo Halloween skills. You wouldn’t want …

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Alexa Halloween Skills: 17 Spooky New Things to Ask in 2025

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

Look no further; your Amazon Alexa Halloween Skills are right here! 🎃 Are you searching for some fun things to ask Alexa for the Halloween season? Or perhaps you’re in the market for some spooky skills to explore the awesome new Amazon Echo product line, just announced last week? Well, my little pretty, you’ve come to the right place. Without …

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How To Enable Alexa Whisper Mode on Echo [2025]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

In this blog post, I’ll give you step-by-step instructions for how to enable Alexa Whisper Mode using two simple methods. Alexa Likes to Whisper Too lexa. We all love her. Well, at least the good ones who aren’t obsessed with those impostor assistants like Google Assistant, Siri, and that Microsoft one (Cortana). However, my dear Alexa can be a little…how …

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How to Move with Alexa [5 Easy Steps with Video]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

In this post, I’ll show you how to move with Alexa and outline the steps you need to take. It’s not as easy as I was expecting—so my goal is to make your own Alexa journey less painful than mine.  I’ll also give a link over to my post on how to fix up your Alexa multi-room music so you …

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9 Chill Alexa Summer Skills: Beach, Music, Grill & Fun [2025]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

In this post, I am proud to bring you nine chill Amazon Alexa summer skills that you can use to make your summer more fun and enjoyable.  I’ll cover the best skills for creating a summertime music playlist, grilling out, getting a better beach report, making epic cocktails, and more. Oh Oh, It’s Magic o quote the 80s rock song …