ENGLISH 14
You can talk to Amazon Alexa on your headphones. With Alexa, you can ask to play music, hear the news, check weather, control smart
home devices and more. Alexa lives in the cloud and is always getting smarter, adding new capabilities that are delivered to your device
automatically. Using Alexa on your headphones is simple — just press-and-ask, and Alexa will respond instantly.
Note: Alexa only available in English now.
Reference command
Communication
To call somebody
“Alexa, call_______”
Command Type Function Phrase
Daily Life
To ask the local weather
(and set your location in your Alexa account)
“Alexa,how is the weather?”
“Alexa, how is the weather in ___(location)?”
To ask for traffic conditions (and to set up your
starting and ending points in your Alexa account)
“Alexa,how is traffic?”
To ask for another location’s current time
“Alexa,what time is it in __(location)?”
To view the current message(after opening the
notification that you have received it)
“Alexa, what are my notifications?”
“Alexa, what did I miss?”
Amazon Music
(Payment Required)
Play by Song and Artist Name
Add songs to Favorites
“Alexa, I like this song.”
“Alexa, Thumbs up.”
Skip ahead or backwards to the next or
previous song
“Alexa, play the next song.”
“Alexa, play the previous song.”
Play by Singer’s Name
“Alexa, play. ”
“Alexa, play. ”
Radio
(iHeartradio, Tunein)
To play an iHeartRadio show (such as channel
star 101.3)
“Alexa, play star 101.3 from iHeartRadio.”
To play a Tunein radio show
“Alexa, play Tunein”
News
To play/Read a Newsletter
“Alexa, news update.”
To play Sports News (Using a Set Team
of Followers in Account)
“Alexa,sports update.”
Audio Books
(Payment Required)
To play an audio book
“Alexa, play an audio book.”
To skip ahead or behind to the next or previous
chapter
“Alexa,next chapter.”
“Alexa, previous chapter.”
To skip to Section [X]
“Alexa, go to chapter [X].”
To fast-forward and rewind (approx. 30 seconds)
“Alexa, skip forward/back.”
Universal
Playback Controls
To Pause
“Alexa, pause.”
To Resume Play
“Alexa, resume.”
“Alexa, play.”
To Play Next/Previous Song
“Alexa, play the next song.”
“Alexa, play the previous song.”
To Stop Playing
“Alexa, stop.”
To Adjust to a Volume (Ex.:Adjust to 50)
“Alexa, set the volume to 50.”
To Increase or Decrease the Volume
“Alexa, volume up (or) volume down.”
To Ask What Song is Playing
“Alexa, what is playing?”
To send message to somebody
“Alexa, send message to _______”