If you have an older Kindle Fire, you can download the Alexa app, but you'll be unable to use it. To enable Alexa on your Fire tablet:. From your Home screen, swipe right until you get to the Apps page and then search for "Alexa. Download the Amazon Alexa app. After it automatically installs, tap Amazon Alexa on your Home screen to launch it. Enter your name and tap Continue.
Set up phone verification by entering your phone number and confirming the code sent to you. Alternatively, you can tap SKIP and set up phone verification later; just tap the speech bubble at the bottom of the Alexa app home screen.
After a brief tutorial, you can start making the most of Amazon's voice assistant. To control Alexa with your voice , hold down the Home icon the circle at the bottom-center of your screen and wait for a blue line to appear.
You can then give a command or ask a question. If you have parental controls enabled, Alexa is disabled by default. Alexa is unavailable on child profiles, secondary adult profiles, and Fire Kid's Edition tablets.
With Alexa enabled, you can now do all of the following using voice commands:. Most Alexa actions require your device to be connected to a Wi-Fi network. Some features are not supported in every country. From the Alexa app home screen, you can tap the hamburger menu in the upper left corner to open the options menu.
From there, tap Things to Try , then tap a topic to learn how Alexa can help. Sometimes Alexa responds with visual information. To dismiss these visuals, tap the back icon. The Fire HD 10 introduced completely hands-free functionality. This addition effectively turns any Fire tablet into an Amazon Echo Show smart speaker. A Fire OS software update also brought full hands-free support to all 7th generation tablets, but older models still only offer limited voice assistance.
To use Alexa without touching the Fire's screen:. Tap the gear icon on your Home screen to open the Settings. Tap Alexa under the Device section. Tap Hands-Free Mode if it's not already enabled. If you have the Show Mode Charging Dock, your tablet automatically switches to voice-operated mode when placed on the charging stand. If you have Audible audiobooks, you can listen to them by saying, " Alexa, play the audiobook " followed by the title. Alexa can also read your books aloud if you don't have an Audible account.
To have Alexa read to you in her digitized voice, just say, " Alexa, play the Kindle book " followed by the title. You can then ask Alexa to pause, resume, or stop your Kindle book. Examples of other commands you can use include:. Enabling Show Mode makes it easier to control your device from afar with voice commands.
When Show Mode is active, text appears larger, bolder, and formatted for reading at a distance. Your device will also suggest actions Alexa can perform while in Show Mode, making it handy for learning what the voice assistant can do for you.
Alexa can get confused if you ask her to do something while using your Fire tablet manually. For example, if you ask Alexa to play an Audible audiobook, then you try to stop it using the Audible app, your book might start playing again from the beginning. As a general rule, any time you start an action using Alexa, you should stop the action using Alexa. To make Alexa stop any action, simply say, " Alexa, stop. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Amazon's digital assistant Alexa started out on its Echo speaker, and the mega-retailer added its personal aide to Fire tablets in The one catch, though, is that it's not as easy to summon Alexa from these slates as it is from the Echo.
When we first tried to test it out, Alexa wouldn't summon to our touch we wish it would respond to simply talking, but that might confuse your Alexa-based speakers which is how we learned that you may need to change certain settings for your tablet to work with Alexa. Hold down on the Home button.
If the navigation bar is not visible, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal it. A glowing blue line should appear, if it doesn't, skip to How to Enable Alexa , signifying Alexa is ready to hear you.
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