Although we almost never separate ourselves from our mobile phone, we have sometimes encountered the uncomfortable situation of losing our smartphone from sight. We don't know where we left it. Will he be lost? That is when the Alexa speaker, another of the domestic electronic devices that have become essential in our home, comes to the rescue. We explain to you how to find your lost cell phone at home with Alexa.
And the speakers Amazon Echo, which are characterized by having Alexa As a voice assistant, they have many functionalities that allow us to do many things. One of them is to find the exact location of our lost phone through a simple voice command.
It is true that there are other remedies for this very common problem. To name some of the most popular, we will mention applications specific to the operating system, such as Find my Phone for iOS or "Find my device" on Android. The downside of these options is that we need to have a second device to activate them.
This is something that is not necessary with Alexa. The solution it offers us is much simpler. We explain it in detail in the following paragraphs:
Find your phone with the help of Alexa
If what we want is to find our lost mobile phone at home using Alexa, we will first have to have activated this function. To do this, first of all we must activate calls on Alexa, for which You must have the mobile app installed. These are the links to download it from both the Play Store and the Apple Store:
Once the app is installed on our device, we just have to open it, go to the Communication tab and there enable calls on our Alexa.
Once this is done, the way to find the lost smartphone is simple. You just have to use a voice command. For example: uterine "Alexa, find my phone" O well "Alexa, call my phone". There are several valid formulas. After receiving the command, the smart speaker will ring the incoming call bell on our phone and all we will have to do is follow the sound until we find it.
Obviously, this method It will not work if we have the phone on silent or in vibrate mode. Or if it is outside the range of the speaker. It is also true that this is not a perfect function and some errors occur. However, it is a free option and very easy to use, so it is worth knowing about it.
Skill “Find my mobile”
Another way to find a lost mobile phone through Alexa is to use one of its skills. These are voice-activated apps that add new capabilities to devices that have Alexa built-in. The skill What interests us for this purpose is "Look for my cell phone", which we can activate and use completely free of charge.
This skill in particular it can be activated from this link. When we have done it, we can configure it to be used on one or more phones. Its operation is very similar to what we have explained in the previous section. Basically, it consists of using the following voice commands:
- Alexa, open “find my phone”.
- Alexa, open “find my phone” and add a phone number (with this second command it is possible to add another phone number).
Native solutions
If we don't have Alexa, we can always use native solutions of the operating system, whether Android or iOS:
Android: Find my Device
This feature allows you to locate, lock and even erase data on a lost or stolen phone. Also, after its last update, It is also possible to locate our devices even when they are not turned on.
The main limitation of this method is that, at the moment, It is only available for Google Pixel 8 and later smartphones.
iOS: Find my iPhone
To be able to use this function on an iPhone It is necessary to have at least two Apple devices: one of them is responsible for issuing a key so that the second device sends its location in encrypted form to Apple's servers.
If we have to sell our iPhone or give it to someone, it is advisable (for security and privacy reasons) to deactivate this function that comes pre-installed on the smartphone. Here we explain how to do it.
Other cool Alexa features
In addition to the function to find a lost mobile phone, Alexa has numerous and amazing functions that we can use through the speaker. We're not just talking about basic questions about the weather forecast or the news, we can also ask Alexa to play music from our favorite singers or groups, schedule notifications, etc.
There are also those who use Alexa to make a shopping list and, in home automation, for tasks such as turning lights on or off, programming the oven, regulating the temperature of the refrigerator, activating or deactivating alarms, etc.