If you have a device at home amazon echo, You may already know many of the functionalities that Alexa has. Amazon's assistant can be configured to suit all kinds of lifestyles and situations. Many times we are not aware of all the potential that Alexa has. For this reason, today we are going to show you how you can configure your own morning news, so you can listen to the news from the media that you have selected yourself.
How to set up your own news channel with Alexa
If you like to take advantage of time and you don't like wasting a single minute of your day, Alexa is a good company that can save you a lot of time. By correctly configuring the wizard, you can listen to the news that interest you with a single voice command. Thus, you will save having to scroll with your mobile and you will be able to take advantage of the time while you have breakfast, shower or get dressed.
To start configuring Alexa, you must go to the enforcement for mobile terminals. Then, you have to enter the section Configuration and, immediately afterwards, News.
Inside this block are two sections:
- my news channel: This is a block in which different media will appear. Depending on the country in which you are, one or the other will come out. In Spain, Antena 3, Cadena Ser, El Economista, laSexta, Onda Cero, RNE, RTVE and Telemadrid are available in this section.
- News summary: this is the most interesting point. It allows us to configure any source to receive short news. It works with the Alexa skills, and you can add all that interest you. Unlike the previous point, in Summary of news there are many more media, including sports media and regional newspapers.
To make your newscast, add in Summary as many in the media whatever you want. The order you establish will be the one that Alexa will then choose to play the content. Each Skill is totally different, and we already anticipate that the Spanish media have not adapted to this system as well as the American ones. Some Skills are very simple and work very well, and others are dumped from other sources. As a general rule, we recommend that you choose custom sources for Alexa or stick with the ones that come from the radio. Those that come from television do not offer as good an experience.
Once you have added all the sources, make sure to activate them one by one if you have not done so before. With that done, you can go back and see the full list of media you've selected. You already have everything ready to start it.
Activate the morning news
Once you have it, say the following: «Alexa, play my summary».
As you say the activation phrase, Alexa will search the Internet for the latest updates from your news channels and start play the news summary point by point with the same order that you have established.
Your news summary goes updating as the hours of the day go by, so you can repeat the activation phrase at any time to stay up to date. The news summary is available from any Amazon Echo, the app itself or even the Amazon Echo Buds.