11 Amazon Alexa Skills Development Make You Smarter & Productive

Savvy users who want to make the most out of their Amazon Echo Device are constantly looking for new skills and features.

To help you out, we have listed the top 11 Amazon Alexa Skills to become smarter and more productive without any hassle. Every Amazon Alexa skills development company is working to create amazing Amazon skills for the users. So, without any further ado, let’s get into it.

Here are the Amazon Alexa skills: Amazon Alexa Skills Development

• Question Of The Day

With more than 4843 positive reviews, the ‘Question of the Day’ skill amongst the favourite skills of Alexa users. Oh, are you a trivia buff? This skill is just the right match for you.

It will ask you a new trivia question from different niches such as arts, entertainment, literature, and science. This way, you will learn something new each day and boost your self-esteem.

• Work Time Tracker

A contractor’s nightmare – billing per hour by project while multitasking all day. With the help of Alexa’s Work Time Tracker skill, you can easily keep track of your time, start and stop, and much more for various projects simultaneously in real-time.

When you ask Alexa for the total number of hours, and you will get the sum of tracked work units. When you are done for the day, you can reset all the tracked units.

You can hire an Alexa skills development company to develop this for you.

• Web Analytics

Do you track your company’s website performance with the help of Google Analytics? If yes, Alexa’s Web Analytics skill might be of help to you. You can easily sync this skill with Google Analytics to get real-time updates about your web traffic and visitor stats.

• Inspire Me

Do you need daily motivation to keep going? The Inspire Me skill will become your motivational tool and help you find inspiration and concentrate on more positive thoughts.

The inspiration audio might be from any movie, famous figures, speeches, poems – combined with light background music for better delivery.

• Mastermind

The Mastermind skill by Alexa is basically a cross-platform AI that can assist you in getting things done on any voice-enabled device. In simpler terms, you are providing an AI assistant with an AI assistant.

Though this may sound counterintuitive, but the amount of work Mastermind can do is out of the scope of Alexa right now.

• Find My Phone

We can bet you are amongst the people who misplace their phone sometimes. Let’s just admit it – who doesn’t? To solve this problem, we have Alexa’s Find My Phone skill that will ring your phone every time you lose it. Your phone will ring even if it is on silent or DND mode.

Before using this amazing skill, all you have to do is link your phone to it. You can also link your Amazon echo with your Apple watch. Read here to find out how.

• Make To-do Lists

The best way to make your day productive is by having a to-do list of tasks that you need to accomplish. With Alexa’s Make To-Do list, you need not look for a pen and paper or open your notes app.

You just need to say, “Alexa, put exercise in my to-do list” and you are good to go.

• Routines feature

Alexa can help you in unwinding for the night. Using Alexa’s Routines feature, you can easily assign actions to a location or time so that you have everything you need for a good sleep.

For instance, you can play white noise, turning down the lights, setting a certain temperature, or all 3 of them and even more, using this skill.

• Set timers while getting ready

Do you have a habit of taking too much time while getting ready for office in the morning? Using Alexa’s timer skill, you can ensure that you don’t take too long to get ready.

You can simply say something like, ‘Alexa, set a timer for 10 minutes.’

• Meditate

Are you stressed out due to your hectic schedule? Sit down, take a minute (or few) to relax. From mindfulness exercises to meditation timers, Alexa has several options to be zen and productive, no matter what.

• Order food or drinks

Have a busy day ahead? If you don’t have time to cook, ask Alexa to order a yummy pizza from Domino’s or Pizza Hut or your favourite cuisine from your favourite restaurant.

Did you know you can order your favourite drink from Starbucks without standing in the queue? Alexa will process your order by the time you reach Starbucks so that it’s ready when you reach there.

To sum up…

If you haven’t tried the amazon Alexa skills mentioned above, what are you waiting for? Put your Amazon Echo to work and become more productive and smarter day by day.