The first step is to pick an emergency contact from the list of contacts that Alexa drew from your phone’s address book (assuming you granted her permission to do so). Once you pick an emergency ...

Alexa-to-Alexa Calling To set up Alexa-to-Alexa calling, I opened the Alexa app on my iPhone, tapped the three-lined hamburger icon at the bottom, and then selected Communicate. I was then asked to ...

The new Echo Dot is hands-free, voice-controlled, and powered by Alexa—play music, turn on the lights, get information and the news, set alarms, and more Connect Echo Dot to external speakers to ...

The move happened only about a month before Verizon’s announcement this week of a new “Number Share – Home” feature that allows Verizon users to link their mobile numbers to Alexa for $5 a month.