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title: "Download Alexa app"  
description: ", Amazon added a new feature in Alexa which enables users to make Skype calls using Alexa. Due to this, Every echo device is able to dial a phone numb"  
author: "Agam Bhatnagar"  
published: 2019-12-06  
updated: 2019-12-07  
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# Download Alexa app

Here are some important to **Download Alexa app**/features

1. Tells about weather and forecasting from AccuWeather

2. Gives [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) from various sources from local radio stations, BBC, TuneIn, ESPN, NPR can stream music from user’s Amazon music account or from other [music streaming](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/107767/best-music-streaming-platforms) channels, for example, apple music, SIRIUS XM, iHEARTRADIO, Pandora, Spotify

3. Can play music from the table, phone, etc. via Bluetooth

4. Answers the queries asked from [google calendar](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102491/what-are-the-features-of-google-calendar).

5. Answers various [questions asked](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99639/why-answers-in-quora-is-not-relevant-to-the-questions-asked) by searching them on the internet across various sources.

6. Order a pizza, setting an alarm, preparing to-do lists and shopping lists

A user can extend its [capabilities](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/490/explain-the-concepts-and-capabilities-of-assembly-in-dot-net) by installing or downloading its various skillsets or [applications](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85123/latest-applications-and-innovations-in-sports-analytics-wearables-and-broadcasting). Amazon developed many of its skill sets and applications through third-party developers, Amazon Alexa supported these skills. (API) [application](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/59/xaml-extensible-application-markup-language) [programming](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65137/what-is-python-programming) interfaces tools helped in developing these skills set. For example: making [skype calls](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/103530/how-to-recover-deleted-skype-calls) via dialing a number, [home automation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114503/in-what-ways-do-smart-devices-and-iot-reshape-modern-living-and-improve-home-automation-now).

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