Amazon has provided a paid subscription service in different countries that is known as Amazon Prime. It was founded on February 2, 2005, owned by Amazon, and is free for the first thirty days. The membership cost starts at $8.99 per month, and once you get the membership, you will be provided with lots of services from Amazon Prime and will get free shipping for two days even if you buy millions of items. Amazon prime has provided unlimited reading, TV streaming, music streaming, and photo storage on Amazon photos. It also provides an extra discount on the sale of products at Whole Foods Market. Alexa is a voice-based artificial intelligence technology that works on the commands given by any human being and was bought by Amazon in 2013 and is also known as Amazon Alexa. It has been developed to have a proper conversation with people. Let’s see here ‘ Does Amazon Prime include Alexa?’.
Does Amazon Prime include Alexa?
Alexa is not included by Amazon prime rather it is a service provided by Amazon. It is not necessary to have an Amazon Prime membership to use Alexa, but if you have the membership, then you can enjoy many special benefits above the normal users of Alexa. Since Amazon Prime is the paid subscription of Amazon, it can be said that Amazon includes Alexa but not Amazon Prime. To enjoy Alexa on any of the smart speakers made by other companies or in smartphones having Amazon Alexa, you only need to have an account on Amazon.
You can use Alexa to elevate the Amazon Prime experience by connecting it to the Alexa holding devices.
Steps to connect Alexa to its holding devices
- The first step is to download the Alexa app on your mobile and sign in using your Amazon account details.
- Make sure that the Alexa enabling device is turned on and is connected to the power supply so that the light on it will firstly turn blue and then turn to orange to start doing the conversation.
- Next, you have to connect the device to the wi-fi network as Alexa needs a good internet connection. Steps to connect with wi-fi have been given in the Alexa app.
Once you have connected Alexa with Alexa holding devices, you can enjoy prime video or prime music just by commanding her. You can also take suggestions from Alexa about what show is good to watch.
How much does it cost to play Alexa on Amazon Prime?
You don’t need to pay any amount to use Alexa on Amazon Prime, not even a subscription to prime is needed to use Alexa. The only amount of money that will be spent is on buying Alexa-enabled devices.
Benefits for prime members using Alexa
Alexa provides many benefits to prime members that will prove to be a trump card for the prime users, some of them are-
1. Make shopping easy and time-saving
Alexa can help prime users to select and buy any product. You just have to ask Alexa to buy a particular item, let’s say a shirt, Alexa can also check the previous brands of clothes that you have bought and can buy the same again, or you can ask her for a different brand of the shirt to buy. This will save your time as in that time you can do some other important work also. Alexa will also cancel the order if later you change your mind and can track the order on your demand.
2. Can play a variety of songs and movies
Amazon Prime membership includes Amazon Music which has millions of songs in it. You can ask Alexa to play any music according to your mood whether they are old classic songs or trendy ones. It is very helpful for mothers especially as they can make their baby sleep by asking Alexa to play soothing sleepy music. You can make your home feel like a club and Alexa as a party DJ to enjoy birthday parties, promotion parties, and other celebrations at home during covid times.Likewise, you can stream millions of movies and TV shows and can binge-watch with your friends and families.
3. Can show your photos
Prime membership gives access to unlimited storage of photos through Amazon Photos. You can demand Alexa to display photos of any memory and can enjoy watching them with your friends and family to recollect and refresh the old memories. Amazon Photos gives you the access to name the person in the picture and then you can ask Alexa to show that person’s photo by calling their name.
4. It helps to cook recipes
You just have to launch Allrecipes Skill which is a food-making website for Alexa and ask her to guide you through all the steps of the recipe by checking Allrecipes for any kind of dish you want to cook hands- free.
Conclusion
Amazon prime does not include Alexa as it is included by Amazon and prime is a paid subscription of Amazon. It also provides many different benefits to the prime customers over the standard users of Alexa.
