如何使用您的Amazon Echo给朋友打电话和发消息

Alexa is great to have for controlling your smarthome and asking various questions, but she can also call and message your friends and family. Here’s how it works and how to set it up.

Alexa非常适合控制您的智能家居并询问各种问题，但她也可以给您的朋友和家人打电话和发短信。 这是它的工作方式以及设置方法。

First, you’ll need to update the Alexa app to the latest version, so if you haven’t already, head to the app store on your phone and get the update if you haven’t updated the app within the last few weeks.

首先，您需要将Alexa应用程序更新到最新版本，因此，如果尚未更新，请前往手机上的应用程序商店，如果最近几周内未更新应用程序，则可以获取更新。

Next, open up the Alexa app, and you’ll be greeted with an introduction to the new calling and messaging feature. Tap on “Get Started” at the bottom to continue. If you’ve already gone through the setup process for this, skip to the next section.

接下来，打开Alexa应用程序，然后会向您介绍新的呼叫和消息传递功能。 点击底部的“入门”以继续。 如果您已经完成了设置过程，请跳到下一部分。

On the next screen, select your name.

在下一个屏幕上，选择您的姓名。

Confirm your name and then hit “Continue” at the bottom.

确认您的名字，然后点击底部的“继续”。

You’ll now need to give the Alexa app permission to access your phone’s contacts. This is how you’ll call and message other people using your Echo. Tap on “Allow” to continue.

现在，您需要授予Alexa应用程序访问手机联系人的权限。 这是您如何使用Echo打电话和向其他人发送消息的方式。 点击“允许”继续。

Next, enter in your phone number to associate with your Echo and then tap “Continue”. Whenever someone from your phone’s contacts also sets up this feature on their Echo, they’ll automatically appear in the contacts list in the Alexa app. This is also how your phone number shows up on a friend’s caller ID when you call their phone from your Echo.

接下来，输入您的电话号码以与您的Echo关联，然后点击“继续”。 每当电话联系人中的某人还在其Echo上设置此功能时，他们就会自动出现在Alexa应用程序的联系人列表中。 这也是当您从Echo呼叫朋友的电话时，其电话号码显示在其朋友的呼叫者ID上的方式。

After you enter in your phone number, you’ll be sent a verification code. Enter in that code on the next screen and hit “Continue”.

输入电话号码后，系统会向您发送一个验证码。 在下一个屏幕上输入该代码，然后点击“继续”。

Once that’s done, you’ll be taken to the Conversations screen in the Alexa app. This is where all of your messages will appear, similar to the conversations screen within your phone’s default text messaging app.

完成后，您将进入Alexa应用程序中的“对话”屏幕。 这是您所有消息都会出现的位置，类似于手机默认文本消息传递应用程序中的“对话”屏幕。

To access the list of contacts that you can message using the Alexa app or your Echo, tap on the person outline up in the top-right corner.

要访问可以使用Alexa应用程序或Echo发送消息的联系人列表，请点击右上角概述的人员。

On this screen, you’ll see all of your contacts that have Echo calling and messaging set up.

在此屏幕上，您将看到所有已设置回音呼叫和消息传递的联系人。

如何打电话给别人 (How to Call Someone)

There are two ways that you can call someone: using your Echo or Alexa app to call someone else’s Echo, or using your Echo to call someone else’s phone.

您可以通过两种方式呼叫他人：使用您的Echo或Alexa应用程序呼叫他人的Echo，或使用您的Echo呼叫他人的电话。

To call someone using the Alexa app, go to the contacts screen, select a contact, and tap on the phone button. The recipient’s Echo will light up and make a chime noise, as well as announce who’s calling. Their phone will also ring via the Alexa app, but they can answer your call on either device, either by saying “Alexa, answer call” or just accepting the call on their phone using the Alexa app.

要使用Alexa应用程序呼叫某人，请转到联系人屏幕，选择一个联系人，然后点击电话按钮。 接收者的回声将点亮并发出提示音，并宣布正在呼叫的人。 他们的电话也会通过Alexa应用程序响铃，但是他们可以在任一设备上接听您的电话，方法是说出“ Alexa，接听电话”，或者只是使用Alexa应用程序在电话上接听电话。

To make a call hands-free using your Echo, just say “Alexa, call Dave” (or whoever it is you want to call). However, this is where things can get a bit complicated.

要使用您的Echo免提通话，只需说“ Alexa，请致电Dave”(或您要呼叫的人)。 但是，这会使事情变得有些复杂。

If the person you’re calling is listed in your contacts in the Alexa app as well as in your phone’s contacts, it will default to calling their Echo and Alexa app. If that person is not in your Alexa contacts but is in your phone’s contacts, it will call their phone and look just like a regular phone call, complete with your name and phone number showing up on their caller ID—the only difference is that you’ll be talking to them on your Echo rather than your phone.

如果您要呼叫的人在Alexa应用程序的联系人以及手机的联系人列表中列出，则默认将呼叫他们的Echo和Alexa应用程序。 如果该人不在您的Alexa联系人中，但在您的电话的联系人中，它将呼叫他们的电话，就像普通电话一样，并在其呼叫者ID上显示您的姓名和电话号码，唯一的区别是您将通过您的Echo而不是您的电话与他们交谈。

If you don’t want Alexa defaulting to calling someone’s Echo and would rather call their phone instead, you can say something like “Alexa, call Dave mobile” instead of just “call Dave”.

如果您不希望Alexa默认拨打某人的Echo，而是希望拨打他们的电话，则可以说“ Alexa，拨打Dave移动电话”，而不仅仅是“拨打Dave”。

If you want to make a phone call through your Echo but the person or business you want to call is not in your phone’s contacts, you can just say “Alexa, call 555-555-5555” and it will dial that number.

如果您想通过Echo拨打电话，但您要呼叫的人或公司不在您的电话联系人中，则只需说“ Alexa，拨打555-555-5555”，它将拨打该号码。

In any case, to end a call, you can either wait for the other party to hang up, or you can just say “Alexa, hang up”.

无论如何，要结束通话，您可以等待对方挂断电话，也可以说“ Alexa，挂断电话”。

Also, keep in mind that you cannot receive regular phone calls through your Echo—you can only make phone calls for the time being. Hopefully this changes in the near future.

另外，请记住，您无法通过Echo接听常规电话，只能暂时拨打电话。 希望这种情况在不久的将来会改变。

如何向某人发送消息 (How to Message Someone)

Messaging is a bit different than calling in the sense that you can’t send text messages to someone’s phone number through the Alexa app or your Echo—you can only send messages to other Alexa users. However, there are two ways to do this: using the Alexa app or using your Echo device.

消息传递与呼叫有点不同，因为您不能通过Alexa应用程序或Echo向用户的电话号码发送短信，而只能将消息发送给其他Alexa用户。 但是，有两种方法可以执行此操作：使用Alexa应用程序或使用您的Echo设备。

To message someone using the Alexa app, go to the contacts screen, select a contact, and tap on the message button.

要使用Alexa应用向某人发送消息，请转到联系人屏幕，选择一个联系人，然后点击消息按钮。

This will start a new conversation page with that contact if there isn’t one already. From there, you can either tap on the microphone button to record a voice message or hit the keyboard button and type out a message.

如果还没有该联系人，它将与该联系人开始一个新的对话页面。 从那里，您可以点击麦克风按钮以录制语音消息，也可以点击键盘按钮并键入消息。

To send a voice message to someone using your Echo, say “Alexa, message Dave” (or, again, whoever it us you want to message).

要将语音消息发送给使用您的Echo的某人，请说“ Alexa，给Dave消息”(或者再说一遍，您想向我们发消息的人)。

Once received, the recipient’s Echo will light up and make a chime noise, but Alexa won’t announce that there’s a message (unlike how she does when there’s a call). However, they’ll also receive a notification on their phone and can view or listen to the message within the Alexa app. They can also respond within the app as well.

接收者的回音一旦接收到，就会亮起并发出提示音，但Alexa不会宣布有消息(与接到电话时的处理方式不同)。 但是，他们还将在手机上收到通知，并且可以在Alexa应用程序中查看或收听消息。 他们还可以在应用程序内进行响应。

From there, the recipient just has to say “Alexa, play message” and it will play your voice message. If you typed out your message instead, Alexa herself will transcribe it and say your message aloud using her own voice.

从那里，收件人只需说“ Alexa，播放信息”，它将播放您的语音信息。 如果您改为键入消息，Alexa自己将转录并使用自己的声音大声说出您的消息。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/306818/how-to-call-and-message-friends-using-your-amazon-echo/