Amazon updates the Alexa software constantly. If you’ve had your Alexa device for a while, you may not even know about some of your device’s newer functionality, Check out our list of some of the newer features, and when they rolled out:
| Remember This | Alexa can remember important facts | May 2018 |
| Use Alexa on the Alexa app | Use Alexa on your phone or tablet – no need for an Echo! | Feb 2018 |
| Wake up to music alarms | (or radio stations, via iHeartRadio) | Dec 2017 |
| Routines | Perform several actions using a single command (or at a certain time). | Oct 2017 |
| Custom Lists | Go beyond shopping & to-do lists | Oct 2017 |
| Voice recognition | Alexa can learn which person is doing the speaking. | Oct 2017 |
| Multi-room audio | Move what you’re listening to from room to room, or play it on multiple devices at once. | Sept 2017 |
| Device grouping | Control groups of speakers & lights | Sept 2017 |
| “Drop In” feature | Echo-to-Echo intercom chatting | June 2017 |
| Contact blocking | Prevent some people from calling. | June 2017 |
| Reminders and Named Timers | Added support for multiple timers and the ability to name them. | June 2017 |
| Alexa-to-telephone calling | Place free calls to any phone in the US, Mexico, and Canada. | May 2017 |
| Messaging | Leave a message on an Echo like an answering machine. | May 2017 |
| Bluetooth support | Pair Echo with Bluetooth Speakers | March 2017 |
| Outlook calendar support | Feb 2017 | |
| Audible.com support | Play audio books from Audible | 2016 |