The Amazon Echo has long lacked the power to set reminders, but the company finally added the functionality in its latest update. Hither's how to ready reminders on your Echo using Alexa.

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In that location are a couple of ways that you can ready reminders, one existence in the Alexa app on your smartphone and the other using an Repeat device with your voice. Both of which are pretty quick and easy.

Setting Reminders Using Your Echo

Perchance the most useful fashion to prepare reminders on your Repeat is speaking to Alexa. If you lot're not near your Echo, you can use the Amazon app on iPhone or Ubi on Android.

You tin can phrase them in multiple ways:

  • "Alexa, remind me nearly my haircut appointment at 1pm."
  • "Alexa, remind me to practice laundry in ane hour."
  • "Alexa, set a reminder for 8am." She'll then enquire you what information technology'southward about.

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When the reminder goes off, your Echo will make a chiming noise and light up, besides equally tell you lot that it's reminding you lot virtually your haircut appointment. To dismiss the reminder, just say "Alexa, stop."

You lot can ready multiple reminders, only unfortunately, you can't tell your Repeat to abolish reminders. Yous take to abolish them from the Alexa app on your smartphone, which is a bit inconvenient. (More on that below.)

Setting Reminders In the Alexa App

If yous're non near your Echo, simply still desire to set a reminder for after on, you tin set reminders in the Alexa app and option which Echo device yous want the reminder to exist set on, if y'all have multiple Echos in your house or flat.

To exercise this, first by opening up the Alexa app on your phone and tap on the bill of fare push in the peak-left corner of the screen.

Select "Alerts & Alarms".

Tap on "Add Reminder".

Side by side, tap on "Remind me to" and enter in the subject field of the reminder, like "haircut appointment", "laundry", or "clean the kitchen". Then hit "Done".

Afterward that, tap on the downward arrow to the right of "Date".

Select a date and hit "Washed".

Tap on the arrow next to "Time" and select a time that you lot want to reminded. Hit "Done".

The terminal pick is to select which Repeat device you want to be reminded on. Again, tap on the arrow and select which Echo device.

Tap on "Relieve".

Your reminder will announced in the list and your Echo will remind y'all virtually the job at the fourth dimension yous specified.

To edit the reminder, simply tap on it and and so hit "Edit Reminder" at the bottom.

Make any changes and and then select "Save Changes". Y'all can too delete the reminder from this screen by hit "Delete Reminder".