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How To Use Alexa to Monitor the Air Quality in Your Home [2025]

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In this article, I’ll show you how to use Alexa to monitor the air quality in your home. We’ll look at nine key metrics so you can assess the overall health of the air you and members of your family breathe each and every day. Can I Use Alexa to Monitor Indoor Air Quality? Yew-hoo…Yeah, you. Are you looking for …

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Yay, Alexa! 9 Best Amazon Device Gifts for Kids [2025]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

In this post, I review nine of the very best Amazon device gifts for kids ages three and up. Whether you have kids of your own or are looking to pick up a little something for a member of the younger set, these 11 gadgets all make great gifts kids are sure to love. Here are my picks for the …

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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]

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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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Echo Show 5 3rd Gen vs 2nd Gen: 5 Key Differences [2023 vs 2021]

In Echo & Alexa by Tim Brennan

There’s a new Echo Show in town, and I’m going to give you a complete breakdown of the similarities and five differences between Echo Show 5 3rd Gen vs 2nd Gen smart displays with Alexa. In a rush? Here’s a summary of the differences between Echo Show 3rd Gen (2023) and Echo Show 5 2nd Gen (2021): The 2023 Echo …

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

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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 …