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Amazon dropped the price for the Echo Wall Clock, the extremely helpful visible countdown display for the Alexa timer Amazon Alexa’s voice-controlled timer is the most useful out-of-the-box feature of ...

In September, Amazon took the wraps off the Echo Wall Clock, a seemingly basic analog clock with the ability to pair with an Echo device. In addition to its traditional appearance, the Echo Wall Clock ...

Editors Note: Just in time for Memorial Day, the Echo Wall Clock is on sale for just $24.95 with free Prime shipping. Chances are you’ve heard of Amazon Alexa and the first party Echo devices. But did ...

Do you need help juggling the many events, appointments, and other items in your life? Alexa is at your service. With your Echo device, you can set up reminders so Alexa will notify you when a task or ...

“Alexa, set a timer for 10 minutes,” I say in the kitchen as I’m putting a pot of water on a burner, followed by “Alexa, set a timer for 20 minutes” as I pop some lasagne in the oven for reheating.

One of Alexa's more practical, everyday uses is setting timers - helpful when cooking, remembering to perform some task, or alerting kids it's bedtime, among other things. Today, Amazon is improving ...

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Amazon’s Alexa, the artificially intelligent voice assistant with thousands of apps and skills, cannot do everything. It is not particularly good at understanding natural language — that is to say, ...