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Alexa Whisper Mode, Celebrity Alarms, and Alarm Routines, oh my!

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 7 a.m.

In this episode, Teri will talk about the newest Alexa features that are now available in Canada. 

 

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One feature in particular, Whisper Mode, is very new and Teri will update us on a couple of the other features. Some of them are really cool, some of them to add some nice functionality to Alexa, and some of them are more gimmicky, but people really enjoy them.

Alarms

  • Alexa is often used for alarms. It can be an alarm in the morning, during the day, or any other time of the day.
  • There is a feature that enables a user to choose a customized sound for their alarm, and the new feature now includes the option to choose celebrity sounds which are mostly excerpts from movies.

Routines

  • When a user is starting a new routine, they can now choose, “when this happens” where they can choose to use their voice to start a routine, schedule it, or have a smart device action trigger the routine.
  • The new option in routines is, “alarm” which works by triggering a routine when an alarm is dismissed.

Privacy

  • Privacy with Alexa has been a concern for some people.
  • There is a new feature in the Alexa settings that will now enable a user to delete their voice recordings by voice by simply saying, “Alexa, delete everything I said today” or “Alexa, what I just said.” Users can give Alexa different time ranges to do that.

Whisper Mode

  • Whisper Mode is the ability of Alexa to understand when a user is whispering so that she can then respond to the user in a whisper. This is great when someone doesn’t want to say things loudly.
  • To enable it, you go into the app, then to the menu icon, click on settings, click on Alexa account, and then you will see Alexa voice responses. Click on that, and then you will see two options, whisper mode and brief mode. You just turn on whisper mode.

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