Well, not exactly. There are actually several smart devices that still work with no internet. And Amazon Alexa devices, like your Echo Dot and Echo Show, are no exception. Your Amazon Alexa ...

When you ask Alexa a question or ask Alexa to perform a task, your voice is recorded and transmitted over the internet to Amazon’s cloud servers for processing. What that means in reality is ...

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Perhaps there's an outage among Amazon's servers that's affecting Alexa, your Wi-Fi network doesn't have an internet connection, or your Echo speaker or display is glitching. To figure out what's ...

Alexa is the brainchild of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ... preheating the oven, accessing the internet, playing music, writing emails and summoning taxis. “Someday in the future — that might ...

While Amazon’s Alexa was launched three years after Apple ... set timers and serve as a hub for home automation, by linking internet-connected devices so that, for instance, a light can ...

The new Alexa Plus can make reservations, summarize documents and hold a conversation without your having to keep saying "Hey Alexa." ...

These versatile devices tap into all of the glories of the internet ... ones to meet particular needs. Because Alexa performs inconsistently on non-Amazon speakers, we focused on Amazon Echo ...