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A number of households use Alexa to make lives easier. Here is a list of top commands that you can give to your 'Genie'.

A number of households use Alexa to make lives easier. Here is a list of top commands that you can give to your 'Genie'.

Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) is priced at Rs 4,949.

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Modern Aladdin's Genie aka Amazon Alexa has been a part of our households for six years now. This smart assistant has been making our lives easier by doing the tasks that we assign. Alexa takes command in Hindi, English and Hinglish. Below are the top 5 commands that you can give to your 'Smart-Genie'. (Image Source: Getty)
Modern Aladdin's Genie aka Amazon Alexa has been a part of our households for six years now. This smart assistant has been making our lives easier by doing the tasks that we assign. Alexa takes command in Hindi, English and Hinglish. Below are the top 5 commands that you can give to your 'Smart-Genie'. (Image Source: Getty)
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Lumos: You can make Alexa turn on the lights in your room by simply saying,
Lumos: You can make Alexa turn on the lights in your room by simply saying, "Alexa, Turn on the lights", or "Alexa light on karo." (Image Source: Getty)
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Dim the brightness of the bulb: You can even ask Alexa to dim the lights by saying,
Dim the brightness of the bulb: You can even ask Alexa to dim the lights by saying, "Alexa, dim the lights", or "Alexa, light ko dim kar do." (Image Source: Getty)
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Experience sunrise with your blinds on: Yes, you can recreate the wake-up lighting i.e., sunrise even in a room with closed blinds. One can simulate a natural sunrise using Alexa’s Wake-up lighting capability. Smart lights that support dimming and colour temperature can easily mimic the sunrise by gradually brightening and transitioning from warm to cool lighting to help one slowly wake up out of deep sleep. (Image Source: Getty)
Experience sunrise with your blinds on: Yes, you can recreate the wake-up lighting i.e., sunrise even in a room with closed blinds. One can simulate a natural sunrise using Alexa’s Wake-up lighting capability. Smart lights that support dimming and colour temperature can easily mimic the sunrise by gradually brightening and transitioning from warm to cool lighting to help one slowly wake up out of deep sleep. (Image Source: Getty)
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Switching an electric appliance on or off after a specific period of time: You can easily do this with almost every appliance. One such example would be,
Switching an electric appliance on or off after a specific period of time: You can easily do this with almost every appliance. One such example would be, "Alexa, turn off the AC after 15 minutes." You can even give the command for an electrical appliance to start at a certain time by saying, "Alexa, turn on the lights at 6 PM today." (Image Source: Getty)
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Turn on the geyser: You can ask Alexa to turn on geysers as well so that you can relax for those extra 5 minutes without having to get up from the bed. All you will have to say is, “Alexa, geyser chala do.
Turn on the geyser: You can ask Alexa to turn on geysers as well so that you can relax for those extra 5 minutes without having to get up from the bed. All you will have to say is, “Alexa, geyser chala do." (Image Source: Getty)

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