Usefulness is subjective. Meaning each of us will give value to different things in different ways. A good effort has been made to be fair. Without further ado, let’s review the list the most useful Alexa skills of 2022.
Business & finance
”Alexa, play my Flash Briefing” (Flash Briefing Skill)
Emily Binder is an entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Beetle Moment Marketing and WealthVoice.ai. This skill provides the latest on the voice business domain.
”Alexa, play my Flash Briefing” (Flash Briefing Skill)
This skill shows you how to succeed as a top seller with tips, strategies and information for sellers of all levels.
”Alexa, play my Flash Briefing” (Flash Briefing Skill)
This is mostly for business owner/entrepreneurs. If you are trying to solve problems, become a better leader, or simply learn how to run your company more efficiently, listening to this flash briefing is essential.
”Alexa, ask The Fool for Apple.”, ”Alexa, ask The Fool for a market update.”
The Motley Fool brings its easy-to-understand approach to Alexa. Presents details from The Motley Fool on the stock of your choice, as well as the latest information from your watchlist.
Communication & Social
”Alexa, play my Flash Briefing” (Flash Briefing Skill)
Inspiration and help for aspiring and young writers.
”Alexa, ask TikTok for today’s challenges!”, ”Alexa, search for puppy videos in TikTok.”
The TikTok Skill is an awesome companion to the TikTok app, that works on your mobile devices.
Connected car
”Alexa, ask Drone Mobile lock my car”, ”Alexa, ask Drone Mobile where is vehicle”
Using the Alexa Skill for DroneMobile, you can lock your doors, check vehicle status, and even track your vehicle’s exact location.
Education & Reference
”Alexa, open state capital quiz”
This skill will test how well you know the state capitals.
Food & Drink
”Alexa, ask OurGroceries to add milk to shopping list.”
This skill lets you add items to the shopping lists on your OurGroceries app. Very useful app to keep track of several lists (e.g. shopping list)
”Alexa, ask Random Restaurant for a cheap Mexican restaurant.”
Random Restaurant suggests a near by restaurant in your area.
Games & Trivia
”Alexa, start story maker”
A fun and educational game for all ages! Alexa will ask you for 4-10 words and then use them to generate a fun story.
”Alexa, open Aussie Animals and tell me something about emus”, ”Alexa, start Aussie Animals and tell me something yucky about wombats”
Aussie Animals tells you lots of facts about different Australian animals.
”Alexa, play Space Treasure”
If you love space, then this Space Treasure game is for you. Your job is to travel to planets of your choice and discover on which planet it is on.
Music
”Alexa, open Rain Sounds”, ”Alexa, start Rain Sounds”
Rain Sounds helps you sleep peacefully or block out unwanted noise at work or home.
”Alexa, open Ambient Noise”, ”Alexa, ask Ambient Noise for thunderstorms”
Ambient Noise plays sleep sounds and stories to help you fall asleep faster, sleep better, relax, meditate, or drown out distracting noises.
”Alexa, open Forest Bird Sounds”, ”Alexa, start Forest Bird Sounds”
Forest Bird Sounds helps you sleep peacefully or block out unwanted noise at work or home.
Productivity
”Alexa, open stand up reminder”
The Stand Up Reminder reminds you to work for 45 minutes then stand up for 5 minutes to take a break. And let you configure the number of rounds and durations.
Health & Fitness
”Alexa, ask My Pregnancy for my weekly update”, ”Alexa, tell My Pregnancy to set my due date”
Count down to your delivery date with My Pregnancy and get weekly, medically-reviewed updates about how your baby and body are changing.
”Alexa, ask Mind Guru a relaxing quote”
Mind Guru is a skill that tells you relaxing phrases to help you find positive thoughts and brighten your day.
Smart Home
”Alexa, ask FireBoard temperature”
Ask Alexa for the temperature of your beef brisket, filet mignon, or any other food you may be cooking up on the grill or in the kitchen.
Sports
”Alexa, what’s my Flash Briefing?”
Popular sports blog Larry Brown Sports scours the web looking for the top trending and viral sports news stories and presents them every day in a short, compact minute-long sports news audio update.
Travel & Transportation
”Alexa, open Quotify”, ”Alexa, launch Quotify and get a quote”
Quotify is a fast and convenient way to get multiple auto shipping quotes from customer reviewed companies. Larry the shipping guru helps people get the vehicle shipping rates from the top rated auto shipping companies in the auto transport industry.
Weather
“Alexa, what’s the weather?”
Returns the current conditions in your area. If you need more help on how to configure and manage weather forecast option, please go to this previous post: “How do I get the weather forecast on Google Assistant and Alexa?“
