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Alexa for Business, SOHO & Home - Skills, Rebates

Let’s dive into the current features, benefits, recent changes, and future enhancements of the Amazon Alexa app, along with a list of compatible devices and security cameras:

Features and Benefits of the Amazon Alexa App:

1. Smart Home Control:
   • Easily manage your smart home devices, including lights, plugs, locks, cameras, and thermostats.
   • Create routines and automate tasks for seamless daily living.
2. Customization:
   • Favorites: Access frequently used devices and features directly from the Home page.
   • Home Shortcuts Bar: Organize devices by category and customize the rotating carousel for quick access.
   • Activity Section: View time-sensitive information like timers and reminders.
3. Conversational Experience:
   • Natural Conversations: Engage in fluid discussions with Alexa on various topics.
   • Visual ID: Start conversations by facing the screen without using a wake word.
4. Accessibility Features:
   • Eye Gaze on Alexa: Allows users with mobility or speech disabilities to interact with Alexa using their eyes.
5. Safety and Security:
   • Alexa Guard Plus: Enhanced home protection with features like connecting to emergency helplines.

Recent Changes (December 2023):

1. Favorites on Home Page: Easily access frequently used devices and features.
2. Home Shortcuts Bar: Organizes devices by category and displays popular Alexa features.
3. Streamlined Activity Section: Stacked activity cards for better visibility.
4. Camera Snapshots: View Ring camera snapshots directly from the Home page.

Future Enhancements:

1. Generative AI: A more conversational and intuitive Alexa experience.
2. Improved Smart Home Control: Process multiple requests simultaneously and infer user intent.
3. Chat and Type with Alexa: Streamlined chat experience within the app.

Compatible Devices and Security Cameras:

1. Amazon Devices:
   • Echo devices ( Echo Shows, Echo Dots, Echo Connect, etc.)
   • Smart plugs, switches, and lights
   • Locks, thermostats, and temperature sensors
2. Other Manufacturers:
   • Ring: Security cameras and doorbells.
   • Nest: Thermostats, cameras, and smoke detectors.
   • Arlo: Wire-free cameras and security systems.

Remember, Alexa is always evolving, so stay tuned for more exciting features and integrations! 🌟

For more details, you can explore the official Amazon Alexa features page and recent updates.^{1 2}

New developer tools to build LLM-powered experiences - Alexa Mark Yoshitake Sep 20, 2023

Alexa AI | Build LLM-powered Alexa experiences (amazon.com)

Rebates for Top Selling Amazon Devices  - most with an 8% extra rebate, and free shipping

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Here are links to key Alexa for Business videos & introductions:

Alexa for Business: Empower Your Organization to Use Alexa - 2 min video - 20,259 views - AWS  Dec 1, 2017
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViB3XhsTLuo

A still from Amazon's video demo of Alexa for Business . . . which shows people using the Echo dot speaker to dial into a conference call or control a presentation. Click to enlarge.

Alexa for Business can be your intelligent assistant wherever you go. Here's some of the other sample commands from this video:

• Alexa, what's my flash briefing?
• Alexa, when's my first meeting today?
• Alexa, remind me . . .
• Alexa, join the meeting
• Alexa, schedule a meeting with the sales team on Thursday at 2 PM
• Alexa, ask the Office who booked this room?
• Alexa, start the meeting
• Alexa, pull up last quarter's sales report

  Alexa allows you to provision and manage thousands of devices around your office

  It's easy to create contextual voice experience for your employees

• Alexa, where's Tyler's Desk?
• Alexa, ask the Office for more printer paper

7 ways to use Alexa around the office - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/7-ways-to-use-alexa-around-the-office/ - 2018 02

If you plan on using an Alexa speaker at work, make sure you disable voice shopping or better enable a PIN for security. And set up a voice profile so Alexa will recognize your voice and distinguish it from other people around.

1. Add meetings to your calendar - "The most relevant Alexa feature for the office is maintaining your calendar. Whether it's a big deadline or a meeting you have to attend, add it to your calendar using Alexa. First, add your calendar by going to alexa.amazon.com or opening the Alexa app and going to Settings > Calendar. Select your calendar of choice (Google Calendar, G Suite, Outlook, Office 365 or iCloud) and log in to your account. After your calendar is added, just say, "Alexa, add an event to my calendar."

   To have Alexa read your calendar entries for the day to you, say, "Alexa, what's on my calendar?" Or you can say, "Alexa, when is my next event?" or "Alexa, what's on my calendar tomorrow at [time]?"

2. Make a to-do list - "Alexa, add 'go to the post office' to my to-do list"
3. Build a shopping list - "Alexa add HP61 ink to the shopping cart"
4. Reorder supplies - "Alexa reorder K-cup coffee"
5. Play podcasts and audiobooks - "Alexa play the CNN podcast"
6. Listen to ambient noise or focus music - "Alexa play light classical music"
7. Make a Pomodoro timer - set a timer to work for an hour and break for 10 minutes - "Alexa set a work timer for 1 hour"

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/cheat-sheet-alexa-for-business/ 2017-12-01

AWS re:Invent 2017 - Introducing Alexa for Business - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-KEn6gKm7E - Published on Dec 12, 2017.  Alexa for Business lets you introduce Alexa to your organization by providing the tools you need to manage Alexa devices, skills, and users at scale, and an API to create custom voice skills for your organization. Learn more at - https://amzn.to/2Ak9SMK.

Here's the list of more than 20,000 Alexa skills

Alexa FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

What Amazon's Alexa economy pays the people building its skills - CNET 12/2017

Amazon wants to put Alexa on your office desk - CNET 11/2017

The latest extension of Amazon's digital assistant lets office workers reorder supplies and fire up a conference call with voice commands.

Amazon Echo Silver - SNL 35 million+ Saturday Night Live Published on May 13, 2017 - The Amazon Echo Silver is specifically designed for the greatest generation (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant) - Here's a funny Echo application for Seniors from SNL. Let's find some similar ones for the home office, huddle room and Alexa for Business!

We've published a YouTube video about . . . Unboxing, installation and initial testing of calls with the Amazon Echo Dot and the new Amazon Echo Connect - https://youtu.be/PE2fsyexFeg

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/things-alexa-cant-do-yet/

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Current Amazon pricing for all Alexa devices

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