There are tons of reasons to use a smart speaker and digital assistant, like Amazon's Alexa. Whether you're streaming music, catching up on the day's headlines or taking control of your smart home, ...

Summoning Alexa By default, Amazon's connected speakers all have the same wake word. To cue up a request, just say, "Alexa." You can change the wake word to something else if, say, your own name is ...

Amazon’s Alexa can help you do math, order more paper towels, wake you up in the morning, and keep you up to date with daily flash briefings. But, you might not be aware that there are also over 200 ...