Alexa: Activate Skills - Instructions for Amazon Echo
Amazon's Alexa is really fun and is quite helpful if you activate the appropriate skills. In our instructions, we will tell you where to find extensions for almost every function and how to activate them.
Amazon Echo: Enable skills using the Alexa app
With the right skills, Alexa can make your life a little easier, or at least make it much more convenient. The fastest way to activate new skills is using the Alexa app. The Alexa app is available to you free of charge from Amazon.
- In the Alexa app, first select "Skills" in the left navigation area.
- Then either look for interesting skills for yourself in the categories or enter a corresponding term in the search bar.
- Once you have found the skill you are looking for, tap on the "Activate skill" option.
- Tip: Our Alexa Skills Kit has interesting features for you.
Amazon Skill Store: Activate Alexa Skills immediately
In the meantime, Amazon has expanded the activation options. You can also activate the skills on the website, for example.
- After logging into your Amazon account, go to the [Alexa Skills Store.
- If you discover a skill that you like, click on "Activate for free". The practical option can be found directly under the respective skill description.
- You can of course also acoustically activate the skill for Amazon Echo in proper style. You only have to call Alexa the magic words: "Alexa, activate skill (skill name)". In practice, this could look like this: Alexa, activate my birthdays skill.
- If a skill does not meet your expectations, simply replace the activate command with deactivate it.
- If you need information about a skill in advance, request it from Amazon Echo using the "Alexa, Help on (Skill Name)" command. You can then install the skill with the command "Alexa, activate (skill name)".
Looking for ideas for Alexa? We looked at the five best free skills for the Amazon Echo together.