choose the content the kids can listen to or the Alexa “skills” they can take advantage of and also set bedtime limits that temporarily pause or suspend the use of an Echo. Through a software ...

Kids can now ask Alexa to tell them a knock-knock joke on their very own device. Today, Amazon introduced a kid-friendly version of its ubiquitous smart speaker. The Echo Dot Kids Edition ...

Sponsor Message And, the Echo is adding a version of Amazon's kids' music, stories and games service, called FreeTime Unlimited, for $2.99 a month. Finally, they have "tuned" Alexa's "personality ...

Alexa for kids is cheerful and charming. When my 6-year-old son said, "Alexa, good morning," it replied sweetly, "Good morning! Yaaaaay! It's my favorite day. That's because my favorite days end in Y.

But, once you've mastered how to talk to Alexa, it can help entertain and teach kids and teens with interactive games and educational exercises. The folks at Common Sense Media put together a list ...

Why not let Alexa lead them in a voice-based workout routine that also engages their imagination while sharpening their play-pretend skills? Animal Workout prompts kids to imagine themselves as ...

Amazon's Echo devices will now allow kids to have interactive conversations with an AI-powered Alexa via a new feature called "Explore with Alexa." First announced in September, the addition to ...

I’ve tried Explore with Alexa, and the guardrails on this “conversational experience” are so high and so strong, the only risk to your kids is that they’ll lose precious minutes of iPad time.

One family we talked to used Alexa to track the Mars Rover. "In this way, these devices are great for kids," says Solace Shen, a psychologist at Cornell University who studies how children interact ...

Alexa makes an Echo just for kids that comes in cute animal designs and is supposed to give only kid friendly replies. It also lets you make profiles for everyone in your family for use across ...