Now you can use your Alexa tools to make Skype calls. If you use Skype and you use Alexa, get ready to be excited. Now you can use Alexa tools to call Skype on phones in over 150 countries worldwide. With this new service Skype comes for 100 free calls per month for a limited time for two months of linking with Alexa. This is the way to create links and make some calls.
How to bring Skype and Alexa into the team
Before you can make a call, you need to link your Alexa device to your Skype account. First of all, go to the Amazon Alexa app (you can download it on Android or iOS).
Then, go to Settings> Communications> Skype. Next, sign in to the Microsoft account you use for Skype.
How to use Alexa to Skype call
Once everything is set up, you only have to ask Alex to call your contacts. Just make sure to specify that you want to use Skype. For example, “Alexa, call DAD on Skype.”
You can also call them Alexa by calling the phone number “Dial”. For example, “Alexa, call [contact number] on Skype.”
Just make an FYI, Skype cannot be used for emergency calls, so make sure that you do not rely on Amazon Alexa to replace your mobile phone.
Optimize Skype calling with Amazon Alexa
When you’ve setup Skype Calling with Amazon Alexa, there are some things you can do to optimize your calling experience. Here are our top tips and suggestions:
Lost contact on using Skype with Alexa? Verify that you are signed in to the correct Skype account.
Having trouble communicating properly? Have two grandmothers? Just edit the name “Grandma” in Skype. From a profile, select the Edit button, enter a new name, and confirm your changes. It only changes how your name looks like you.
Need to check Skype contacts on your Amazon Echo Show or other Echo device with screen? From your Alexa, go to Settings> Accessibility> Inbound Calling and Messaging without Speech.
If I’m not home then my Alexa tool plays, what can I do? If you do not want your Alexa device to ring when it is not at home, do not disturb them for those hours on your Alexa.
All my Alexa Devices ring when my calls arrive, what can I do? If you do not want all your Alexa devices, then Alexa can only create a “Home Skype Account” for Alexa Home use.
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