Alexa Controls

09 February 2025

Harmony

  • Alexa, tell Harmony to turn on the TV
  • Alexa, tell Harmony to turn up the volume
  • Alexa, tell Harmony to pause
  • Alexa, tell Harmony to play
  • Alexa, tell Harmony to set a sleep timer for 15 minutes

Sonos

  • Alexa, play music in the (room name) (Alexa will select music)
  • Alexa, play (artist) in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play (song name) by (artist) in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play the album (album name) by (artist) in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play (activity) music in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play The Libertines in the master bedroom.
  • Alexa, play Led Zeppelin in the living room.
  • Alexa, turn the volume up in the kitchen.

Others

  • Alexa, play music in the (room name) (Alexa will select music)
  • Alexa, play (artist) in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play (song name) by (artist) in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play the album (album name) by (artist) in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play (activity) music in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play The Lbertines in the master bedroom.
  • Alexa, play Led Zeppelin in the living room.
  • Alexa, turn the volume up in the kitchen.

General playback commands

  • Alexa, pause/stop/resume in the (room name)
  • Alexa, pause/stop/resume the music in the (room name)
  • Alexa, skip/next in the (room name)
  • Alexa, play the next/previous song/track in the (room name)
  • Alexa, pause
  • Alexa, resume on (room name)
  • Alexa, next song/track
  • Alexa, previous song/track
  • Alexa, stop
  • Alexa, skip
  • Alexa, skip song/track
  • Alexa, what’s playing in (room name)?

Note: Skip and previous cannot be used with TuneIn radio, and previous will not work on Pandora and iHeartRadio.

General volume commands

  • Alexa, turn it up/down in the (room name)
  • Alexa, louder/quieter in the (room name)
  • Alexa, set the volume to 3 (30%) in the (room name) [0-10 volume levels]
  • Alexa, softer in the (room name)
  • Alexa, mute the (room name)
  • Alexa, unmute the (room name)

Hive

Heating

You can turn your heating on to a whole degree, boost the heating and turn it off. Try saying:

  • Alexa, tell hive to turn the heating on.
  • Alexa, tell hive to turn the heating on to 21 degrees.
  • Alexa, tell hive to turn the heating off.
  • Alexa, tell hive to boost the heating.
  • Alexa, ask Hive how warm is my house?
  • Alexa, tell Hive to stop my boost
  • Alexa, tell Hive to boost my heating for 2 hours
  • Alexa, tell Hive to boost my heating to 23 degrees
  • Alexa, set my heating to 20 degrees
    Alexa, increase the heating
    Alexa, decrease the heating

Lights

You can turn your lights on and off by using the name you gave them. Tip - you can check the light name in your Hive app

  • Alexa, tell Hive to turn my living room lamp on
  • Alexa, tell Hive to turn my fireplace lights off

Plugs

You can turn your plugs on and off by using the name you gave them. Tip - you can check the plug name in your Hive app

  • Alexa, tell Hive to turn my living room lamp on
  • Alexa, tell Hive to turn my fireplace lights off

Source

Basic commands

  • Ask for help: “Alexa, help.”
  • Mute or unmute: “Alexa, mute” or, “Alexa, unmute.”
  • Stop or pause: “Alexa, stop” or, “Alexa, shut up.”
  • Change volume: “Alexa, set volume to 5,” “Alexa, louder” or, “Alexa, turn up/down the volume.”

Smart Home

  • Turn lights on or off: “Alexa, turn on the lights” or, “Alexa, turn off the living room lights.”
  • Adjust temperature: “Alexa, raise the temperature 1 degree.”
  • Set temperature: “Alexa, set the temperature to 72.”
  • Discover smart home devices: “Alexa, discover my devices.”
  • Use IFTTT recipes: “Alexa, trigger [IFTTT recipe].”
  • Control the TV via Harmony hub: “Alexa, turn on the TV” or, “Alexa, turn on Netflix.”

Purchasing

  • Reorder essentials from Amazon: “Alexa, buy more deodorant” or, “Alexa, reorder deodorant.”
  • Track packages from Amazon: “Alexa, where’s my stuff?” or, “Alexa, track my order.”
  • Order an Amazon Alexa device: “Alexa, order an Echo,” “Alexa, order an Echo Dot,” or, “Alexa, order an Amazon Tap.”
  • Add an item to your cart: “Alexa, add garbage bags to my cart.”
  • Order an Uber or Lyft with their skills: “Alexa, ask Uber to request a ride” or, “Alexa, ask Lyft for a ride.”
  • Ask about deals: “Alexa, what are your deals?”

To-do and shopping lists

  • Add task to to-do list: “Alexa, add ‘go to the grocery store’ to my to-do list” or, “Alexa, I need to make an appointment with the doctor.”
  • Create a new to-do item: “Alexa, create a to-do.”
  • Check calendar events: “Alexa, what’s on my calendar for tomorrow?”
  • Add an event to a calendar: “Alexa, add [event] to my calendar for [day] at [time]” or, “Alexa, add an event to my calendar.”
  • Create a shopping list: “Alexa, add eggs to my shopping list” or, “Alexa, I need to buy laundry detergent.”
  • Check your shopping list: “Alexa, what’s on my shopping list?”

Sports

  • Check the results of a finished game: “Alexa, what was the score of the [team] game?”
  • Ask if a team won: “Alexa, did the [team] win?”
  • Ask when the next game is scheduled: “Alexa, when do the [team] play next?”
  • Find out the results of your favorite teams: “Alexa, give me my Sports Update.”

Profiles and user accounts

  • Switch profiles: “Alexa, switch accounts.”
  • Check which profile is active: “Alexa, which profile is this?”

Math

  • Convert units: “Alexa, how many [units] are in [units]?”
  • Convert units: “Alexa, how many [units] are in 2 [units]?”
  • Basic math: “Alexa, what’s 5 plus 7?” or, “Alexa, what’s 56 times 33?”
  • Advanced math: “Alexa, 70 factorial.” (Warning: Alexa will list numbers you didn’t know existed for about a minute.)

Definitions and spelling

  • Get the definition of a word: “Alexa, what’s the definition of [word]?”
  • Get the spelling of a word: “Alexa, how do you spell [word]?”

News and weather

  • Ask for your Flash Briefing: “Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing?”
  • Check headlines: “Alexa, what’s in the news?”
  • Check weather: “Alexa, what’s the weather like?” or, “Alexa, will it rain today?” or even “Alexa, will I need an umbrella today?”
  • Get a weather forecast: “Alexa, what’s the weather going to be like this weekend?
  • Get traffic information: “Alexa, what’s my commute look like?” or, “Alexa, what’s traffic like?

https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/the-complete-list-of-alexa-commands/