Alexa is entirely a very powerful and popular personal assistant service that can help you in various ways. However, it’s limited to Amazon Fire devices, Amazon Echo devices, and a few other devices. But today, we will share various apps and skills for Alexa that you can use to get the best out of Alexa. Here we go!
Amazon Alexa
Amazon Alexa is the official app for Alexa on Google Play Store. You can use this app to interact with Alexa and Alexa-enabled devices. It is an excellent app for Alexa, available for free, and you should use this app.
Any.do
It is a to-do list app for Alexa. The app is integrated with Alexa’s Shopping and to-do lists. You can use this app to ask Alexa to add tasks to a list and check it later on your smartphone. You can download the skills entirely for free, but the app’s mobile version needs a monthly subscription for $2.99 to access its services.
AnyPod
It is a podcast skill for Alexa that lets you subscribe to podcasts, skip episodes, listen to your favourite podcasts, fast forward and rewind, and do many more things. The app works pretty well and receives voice commands very easily. It is a great way to get access and listen to thousands of podcasts, and the best thing about the AnyPod app is it is entirely available for free to use.
Big Sky
Big Sky is a powerful and popular weather app for Alexa that uses the Dark Sky API, an excellent weather app on Android and iOS. You can use this app to know the temperature, weather alerts, weather conditions, and many more things. It even boasts various other information such as UV Index, wind speed, humidity, dew points, etc. The app is available for free with in-skill purchases; it offers a premium version that you can buy if you want to get access to its advanced features.
Ambient Sounds Apps by Invoked Apps
The Ambient Sounds apps are pretty decent and very popular apps for Alexa. You can find a dozen apps in this series, and each app features its sounds, including heavy rain, space, distant thunderstorm, forest night, and over 40 sleep sounds. They are a fantastic source for ambient sounds on Alexa, and you should give them a try. The best thing about all the apps is you can use all of them entirely for free.
Question of the Day
Question of the Day is one of the most popular and best Alexa skills. The app provides you with a new trivia question every day from various categories, including science, arts, literature, entertainment, and many more. You will get points for correct answers too. The app is very clean and straightforward to use, and you can use it entirely for free.
Some Fitness Tracker Apps
A few fitness trackers have their own apps for Alexa, including Fitbit, Motiv, and various other standalone workout apps. You can use the Fitbit and Motiv apps in order to interact with the stats on your devices. Almost all fitness apps need improvement on personal voice assistants; however, we found that the Motiv app works relatively better than others.
Smart Home Stuff
There are plenty of smartphone appliances that work with the Alexa, including WeMo, Philips Hue, Honeywell, Lifx, Sony GE, TP-Link, and many more. You can use any device’s native apps to control smart lights, appliances and do various other stuff. So, if you have a smart home tech, then you should try these apps. They are all available for free to use.
So, these are all our recommendations for Alexa skills and apps, and you should give them a try.
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