Amazon Echo: Use Alexa as an alarm clock - how it works

Using the Amazon Echo as an alarm clock is easy. You can find out with which commands Alexa can wake you up in the morning in our practical tip.

Set alarm clock with Amazon Echo

With the right voice commands for Alexa, you can use Amazon Echo as a morning alarm clock. You have the following options:

You can set a one-time alarm. Say, "Alexa, wake me up tomorrow at 6:00 am." or "Alexa, set an alarm clock at 5pm on Tuesday." For example, if you just say "Alexa, wake me up at 6:00 am", she'll ask if you mean in the morning or in the evening. If they answer accordingly, the alarm is set.
If you want to set a repeating alarm with Amazon Echo, say "Alexa, set a repeating alarm for Friday at 8:00 in the morning". If you want to be woken up at the same time between Monday and Friday, say "Alexa, set a repeating alarm for weekdays at 7:00 am".
Tip: You can set several alarm clocks at the same time and determine which music you want to be woken up with. For example, say "Alexa, wake me up at 8:00 am on Tuesday with Spotify" to use your saved music as an alarm tone.
For the overview or reinsurance that everything worked, simply ask: "Alexa, which alarm clock did I set?"
As soon as the alarm clock rings, you can control it with your voice: If you say "Alexa, snooze", the alarm clock will ring again 9 minutes later. Say "Alexa, stop" to turn off the alarm. Say "Alexa, delete alarm clock" if you want to delete an alarm clock. Amazon Echo will then list your options.

In addition to the system's own alarm clock, you can activate specialAlexa skills that act as alarm clocks.

To do this, open Amazon in your browser or start the Alexa app on your mobile phone.
Then select the category "Alexa Skills" under "All" to the left of the search bar and enter the search term "alarm clock".
There you will find, for example, the LiederWecker, which wakes you up with your Spotify songs as soon as you have linked the account.
Note that many publishers do not guarantee that the alarm clock will always work properly. As a precaution, set yourself a second alarm clock.

In our next practical tip, you will read how to use Amazon Echo to create your shopping list.