How to buy with Alexa from your Amazon Echo or block purchases so you cannot make them.
Today we are going to talk to you about the purchases you can make through Alexa with your Amazon Echo. One of the peculiarities of Amazon smart speakers is that you can use its assistant to make purchases within the online store. A process so simple that it can even lead you to make purchases almost without wanting to.
Therefore, in addition to explaining step by step how you can do them on the speaker, We will also explain how to block purchases so that they cannot be performed. As an alternative, we will also mention the possibility of setting a PIN that Alexa asks you to confirm purchases.
How to shop with Alexa with your Amazon Echo
If you are a member of the Amazon Prime program, your Echo device will also allow you to make purchases through Amazon. You just have to tell him what you need, and Alexa will tell you the main results so you can decide whether to buy it or not.
You can start with a need using a command like Alexa, I need to buy water. When you do, Alexa will tell you the first two results that appear on Amazon with that search. You can also start with the command I want to buy so that Alexa will ask you later what exactly you want. Every time I tell you a product, the assistant will ask you if you want to add it to the basket, and you will have to answer with a yes or no.
If you answer yes, Alexa will automatically place the order making the payment automatically. It will not give you any option to back out, and it will inform you the date on which it estimates that the purchase you just made will arrive.
If you have been adding things to the shopping cart through the web, you can ask Alexa, how is my cart going to tell you what products you have added. Even so, You will not be able to confirm the purchase of products that you added through the web, as the wizard will tell you to complete the order on the page.
You will also be able to ask Alexa for your current orders with the command how is my order going. When you ask, the wizard it will tell you what orders you have in progress, mentioning the estimated date for your arrival and the day on which the purchase was made.
How to block purchases through Alexa
To unlock purchases through Alexa, the first thing you have to do is enter the assistant’s mobile application and open the side menu. Once in it, click on the Settings option to access the settings for your speaker and its assistant.
Once you enter the application settings, click on the Alexa account option to enter the settings related to what you can do or stop doing with the wizard, either from your Amazon Echo or from other connected devices.
Once you enter the Alexa settings, the next step is to click on the Buy by voice option, which is the one with which you are going to configure the aspects related to being able to make purchases using Alexa.
When you enter the Buy by voice screen is where you can decide if you want to leave it activated or deactivate it. Disable the Voice Purchases button (1) that appears first if you want that purchases cannot be made from your Amazon Echo. Even so, if what you are looking for is to give it an extra privacy you can also activate the Voice code option (2) to set a four-digit code that Alexa asks you before making purchases.
In order to make purchases through Alexa, you must have a card configured in Amazon’s 1-click preferences, although you can also configure it from this application if you click on View 1-Click Preferences. You will go to a screen where you will see your current configuration and you can add or change the card you want.
