It's that time of year again -- the holiday where kids dress up as monsters and Alexa comes out to scare. Yes, that's right, Amazon's voice assistant can help turn your smart home into the best Halloween house in the neighborhood.
Not only can you conjure up Halloween music and creepy sounds with Alexa, but you can also set up a haunted house-themed light setting. Here are all the ways Amazon Echo ($64 at Amazon) can make your home spooky on All Hallows' Eve.
Play spooky sounds
It's not Halloween without spooky sounds, and there are many Alexa skills that are designed for that purpose.
Spooky Halloween Sounds will play a continuous loop of spooky sounds until you tell Alexa to stop. Just say "Alexa, start Spooky Halloween Sounds" to get started.
Spooky Sounds plays 50 minutes of original spooky sounds (in a continuous loop), complete with an audio easter egg hidden within. Say "Alexa, open Spooky Sounds" to begin.
Spooky Scream will play a random scream after a set time of your choosing. Say "Alexa, ask Spooky Scream to start in five minutes." Turn up the volume and wait for your unknowing victim to fall right into your trap.
Play Halloween-themed games
If you're looking for an eerie game to play, there are quite a few Alexa skills to choose from.
The Magic Door is a popular interactive adventure game. If you take the Dark Forest Path, it will lead you to the Witch's mansion in search of the Wise Wizard.
Ghost Detector is exactly what it sounds like. You must detect and capture ghosts to earn Ghost Bux, which will let you purchase "improvements, gadgets and missions" to further gameplay.
Haunted Adventure is just one of several spooky adventure games.
Halloween Feel The Pressure is a spin-off of Feel The Pressure with a Halloween twist. You must answer questions based on a letter of the alphabet. You need 10 correct answers in a row to "save your soul."
Tell scary stories
Want to hear something chilling, yet kid-friendly? Simply say "Alexa, tell me a spooky story" and you'll hear a short story voiced by an actor. They're pretty cheesy, so they are best for younger ears.
If you want to hear something a bit scarier, you can try the Scare Me skill. Just say "Alexa, ask Scare Me to tell me a scary story." It'll read you a short, two-sentence scary story.
Play Halloween music
Obviously, perhaps the best stunt this Halloween is topical gathering music. You can undoubtedly make (or pursue) a playlist with all your Halloween top choices on Amazon Music or Spotify - like this Halloween Party Soundtrack - and ask Alexa to play it. Or on the other hand you can utilize the Halloween Music ability.
Leave behind who's
Did the doorbell simply ring, or was that the TV? Check if there are stunt or-treaters holding up with Alexa.
For this, you'll need a video doorbell - like one from Ring, August Home or Nest - and a gadget where you can watch a video feed, for example, the Echo Show or Echo Dot. On the off chance that you have an Amazon FireTV, you can utilize it to show live video benefits from your TV.
At the point when you hear the doorbell, or think you hear it, ask Alexa to "Answer the front entryway" or "Show [camera name]" to see who's there.
Make your own creepy scene
In the event that you have keen bulbs and other shrewd gadgets around the house, you can utilize a SmartThings center or a help like Yonomi to make scenes that divert your home from ordinary to Halloween-prepared right away.
For example, you could make a scene considered Haunted House that:
- Turns the lights orange
- Flips on a savvy switch with an enrichment connected to it
- Plays a particular Halloween playlist over Sonos speakers
At that point you simply need to state, "Alexa, turn on the Haunted House." Here are a couple of more proposals from Yonomi.
Get outfit thoughts
In the event that regardless you haven't think of a strong outfit thought, Alexa can help. The Halloween Costume Ideas ability will present thoughts until you locate the correct one.
Simply state, "Alexa, open Halloween Costume Ideas." Then answer the "yes" or "no" inquiries until you run over the ideal ensemble thought.
Make Halloween wisecracks
Alexa has a couple of topical jokes at its disposal. Simply state, "Alexa, make me a Halloween wisecrack." One of the ones it gave me was, "What's highly contrasting and dead everywhere? A zombie in a tuxedo."
These jokes won't thump you off your feet, however your children will most likely like them.
At the point when Halloween's finished, jump into the 10 most odd things your Amazon Echo can do and peruse how Amazon Echo's auto highlights will fill your heart with joy smooth as buttah.
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