• Business and Finance Related Skills
  • Food and Drink Related Skills
  • Echo Skills Based on Games
  • Health and Fitness Related Skills
  • Home Automation Related Skills
  • Lifestyle Related Skills
  • Pop Culture & Trivia Skills
  • Local Services
  • Music and Audio Related Skills
  • Alexa Skills for Kids
  • Productivity Related Skills
  • Social Skills
  • Personalized Skills
  • Automotive/Travel Skills
  • Shopping Skills

List of Best Alexa Skills

  • Business and Finance Related Skills

1. CryptoCurrency

The Mortgage Calculator Skill does exactly what it sounds like. It calculates the monthly payment based on your principal amount, mortgage time, and interest rate. Enable the Skill by saying “Alexa, enable Mortgage Calculator“, and you can then use the skill by saying “Alexa, start Mortgage Calculator“.

Other commands that can be used with this Skill are: “Alexa, open Mortgage Calculator”, and “Alexa, launch Mortgage Calculator”.

Food and Drink Related Skills

3. The Bartender

The Bartender is a Skill that can tell you the recipes for a lot of cocktails, and give you instructions on how to make the cocktail. To enable the skill, you can say “Alexa, enable the bartender“, and you can then use the Skill by saying “Alexa, ask the bartender what’s in a Tom Collins?” You can use the name of the cocktail that you want to find the recipe for.

5. QuickBits

QuickBits is a skill that can make your Echo provide you with recipes that you can make in under 10 minutes. To enable the Skill you can simply say “Alexa, enable quick bits“, and then you can simply use the Skill by saying “Alexa, ask quick bits to tell me the recipe for french toast“.

Echo Skills Based on Games

6. Skyrim Very Special Edition

As a gesture to troll its fans, Bethesda, the developers of Skyrim, announced a voice-based version of the game which can be played only with the help of Alexa last year. On your smart device, just say, “Alexa, open Skyrim” and the game will start with Alexa asking you to choose between an ancient standing stone or an isolated shack. At multiple steps, Alexa will ask you where should it take your warrior next and that’s how you play the game with voice commands.

7. Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

Taking the classic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors a step further – or two, rather – this Alexa skills gives you extra reasons to play. You might remember the episode from The Big Bang Theory but if you don’t, let me tell you that while the rules for rock, paper, and scissors are the same, the Spock (popular hand gesture from Star Trek) beats the rock and the scissors but is beaten by paper and the lizard. The lizard, in turn, is beaten by rock and scissors but can defeat paper as well as the Spock.

Abra is another fun Skill. You can think of any character, real or fictional, and Echo will ask you questions about them. Based on your answers, Abra will guess the character you are thinking of. To enable the Skill, simply say “Alexa, enable akinator“, and to use the Skill, you can say “Alexa, start akinator“.

Other commands that work in this Skill are: “Hit”, “Stand”, “What’s in my hand”, and “Help”.

Health and Fitness Related Skills

10. 7 Minute Workout

This Skill aims to help you lead a healthier lifestyle by simple 7 minute workouts that you can do everyday. It features a variety of exercises, like, push-ups, wall sit-ups and more. To enable the Skill, you can say “Alexa, enable seven minute workout“, and to start the skill, say “Alexa, start seven minute workout”.

Whether the intention is to just unwind and relax or clear your head, sounds of nature can have a brilliant healing effect. Or, if you feel too absorbed and depleted by the noisy aspects of the city life, nature sounds can help you during the respite. Another great benefit is that these sounds can help you sleep better and there is an Alexa skill which does exactly that for you.

Home Automation Related Skills

12. Thermostat for Echo

Another command that works with this Skill is: “Alexa, ask thermostat what’s the temperature inside?”

Philips has grabbed a major market share when it comes to smart lighting solutions. If you’re among the customers that use a smart light or bulb from Philips, you can control it in many different ways with Alexa’s help. To start, you can say “Alexa, enable Philips Hue” followed by “Alexa, show devices“.

Lifestyle Related Skills

14. Dog Feeder

This Skill makes your Echo keep track of when you last fed your dog, and if it has been more than 6 hours since you last fed her/him, it will remind you to feed your dog. To enable it, say “Alexa, enable the dog“, and to use it, say “Alexa, ask the dog if we fed him/her“.

15. Bible

You can have your Echo read out verses and chapters from the Bible version of your choice by enabling this Skill. You can enable the skill by saying “Alexa, enable the Bible app“, and then, you can say “Alexa, ask the Bible app to read John 3 verse 16“.

Alexa can also fetch you virtually any podcast which you can subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, or any other similar service using a skill called AnyPod. Just ask Alexa to open AnyPod by saying, “Alexa, open AnyPod” and search a specific podcast, or ask Alexa to help you with one.

Pop Culture & Trivia Skills

17. Radio Sherlock Holmes

If you want to enjoy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic piece of literature in the old school way, you can ask Alexa to subscribe to this committed and really cool Alexa skill by saying “Alexa, Open Radio Sherlock Holmes“. The skill actually uses recordings of the novel being recited on the radio – courtesy Old Time Radio (OTR) – in a way that’s bound to teleport you back to days of yore.

18. Death Info for Westeros

There’s no middle ground in the Game of Thrones and those who cannot win it are bound to die. George RR Martin, the creator of Game of Thrones, is passionate about killing vital characters (Valar morghulis!) and if it seems hard for you to keep a track of all the dead characters, you can seek Alexa’s help.

If you’re just interested in knowing the special events that took place on a specific date, This Day In History by the History Channel can be interesting to you. Just say, “Alexa, start This Day In History” and the skill will offer you wholesome information about the key events of that date. To learn about events on any other date, you can, for instance, say “Tell me about another event from February 28” and to know more about a specific event that has invoked your curiosity, say “Hear more about this event“.

Local Services

20. Uber

If you want to, you can enable the Uber skill by saying “Alexa, enable Uber“, and you can then use your Echo to request an Uber directly. To do this, just say “Alexa, ask Uber to request a ride“.

21. Food Finder

If you want to find great places to go out for a meal, you can use this Skill. Enable it by saying “Alexa, enable Food Finder“, and then you can start it by saying “Alexa, open Food Finder”.

Music and Audio Related Skills

22. Top Music Chart

If you want to practice playing a song, but you keep losing the beat, you can try this Skill. It plays a drum beat at the tempo that you pick out (from 40 – 199 bpm). To enable the Skill, just say “Alexa, enable metronome“, and then, you can use it by saying “Alexa, ask metronome to play 50“. You can choose any value between 40 to 199 beats per minute.

Alexa Skills for Kids

25. Animal Sounds

Whether it is for the kid in the house or the one in your heart, discovering how specific animals sound can be thrilling and really exciting. So if you’re curious if a hyena really laughs all the time or clueless about what does the fox actually say, you can use the Alexa skill to learn about the sounds animals from around the world make.

Productivity Related Skills

26. 1 Minute Mindfullness

This Skill helps you take a break from the world around you and enter a one minute sound meditation. To enable this Skill, simply say “Alexa, enable mindfullness“, and then you can say “Alexa, ask mindfullness for a minute meditation“.

Social Skills

27. Ask My Buddy

28. Pickup Lines

The Pickup Lines Skill can give you a plethora of pickup lines. To enable this Skill, just say “Alexa, enable Pickup Lines“, and then, you can say “Alexa, open Pickup Lines“.

If you want to calculate the amount you should tip, simply ask your Echo. First, enable the skill by saying “Alexa, enable tips calculator“, and then, you can say “Alexa, launch tips calculator“.

If you have the RGB, Hex, or LSM value for a color, you can use Color Convert to convert it. To enable this Skill, simply say “Alexa, enable color convert“, and then you can say something like “Alexa, ask color convert hex FF00FF to RGB“. The Skill can convert colors between the Hex, RGB and HSL formats.

Personalized Skills

31. AT&T Send Message

If you are on the AT&T network then you can send messages hands-free. You just need to say “Alexa, AT&T text your friend” and Alexa will prompt you with AT&T’s messaging service. Make sure to replace your friend with the actual recipient. Having said that, keep in mind, AT&T might charge you with standard messaging rate.

32. Interview Prep

Find My Phone is a unique Alexa skill that you can use to find your lost smartphone. You just need to say “Alexa, find my phone” and Alexa will ring your phone number so that you can locate it easily. On the first run, it might ask you for a verification code. Keep in mind, this service is currently available only to US phone numbers.

Automotive/Travel Skills

34. Expedia

Alexa can also help you with travels through its amazing third-party integration with popular travel sites. Among the many travel skills, I like Expedia the most. It works pretty well and you can even say detailed query. For example, just say “Alexa, ask Expedia to tell me about popular attractions in New York.” and you will have the results in seconds. You just need to summon, “Alexa, ask Expedia…”.

You want to know your flight status while you are on a move? Worry not, Alexa has you covered. Using the built-in Flight Tracker service, you can get the status of any flight within seconds. Just say “Alexa, ask Flight Tracker for United 2780” and you will get a detailed overview of the flight with real-time information.

  • Shopping Skills

Shopping Skills

Q. Can Alexa be a Metronome?

Yes, Alexa can be a metronome. Just say “Alexa, enable metronome” or “Alexa, ask metronome to play 50” and it will set 50 beats per minute.

Yes, Alexa comes with countdown support. Just say “Alexa, start countdown” or “Alexa, tell countdown to start from 5” and that’s it.

From enabling metronome to booking a table at a restaurant, Alexa can do a lot more in 2020. We have updated the list with new voice commands so go through that for latest Alexa skills in 2020.

Q. Can Alexa Sound like Jarvis?

Yes. You can say “Alexa, start Yoda speak” and then say anything. From now on, you will get a Yoda-like response.