Dot To Dot

Another day, another murder mystery to solve in A-lady land

Can you assemble the clues and accuse the correct culprit in this case of… murder!!

Mentioned in this week's A-lady newsletter from Amazon. Queen Trivia Challenge is packed full of trivia questions including clips from their greatest hits, documentaries, and live performances. On Echo devices with screens, not only can you hear the music, you can also see the videos.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Did you know that there's a secret sensor in your Echo? In some Echos at least - and it's cool. In fact, it can tell you just how cool (or hot) it is. ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Did you know that your Echo can now have a completely different identity? (In The States, at least.) Champ of the show, David Ward did and brings us the low-down. Know that you should also be able to say "A-lady/Z-gent, change your voice" but I think the wake-word still needs to be tweaked within the app. ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

This straightforward table-booking skill links to opentable.co.uk where you'll need an account - and maybe it's broken or maybe the restaurants around here are just extremely busy

Poor Shaun preece is properly perplexed by today's, admittedly extremely abstruse skill.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

An official skill by Disney, it simply serves up a story based on your favourite characters - for kids of all ages.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Adopt a cat, keep it happy and healthy and find out what it likes to do with today's sweet skill.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

A slightly odd skill that takes absolutely no skill whatsoever. And where do geese come in?

Last covered nearly 400 episodes ago and by that fab skill developer @DrewCosgrove, today's skill has great game play and superb sound-effects.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

This is a light version of that classic text adventure game Zork and with a different mission. Enjoy those dark and dangerous caves

Good as games go, but strickingly short of sound-effects for something that includes the option of in-skill purchases

We *will* eventually come across some more difficult to identify animals in our global safari - honest! ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Featured in a recent weekly email from Amazon, today's true or false quiz all about the great game is full of fantastic facts for football fans everywhere ⚽---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Opened simply with 'Soccer Manager' and with great sound-effects and good gameplay, this one's a keeper! (Get it?

You can now get your Echo to explain all of her various colour notifications. Here’s what they mean: Yellow - This means that she has a new notification, or a reminder you haven’t responded to. Say, "What are my notifications?" or "What are my messages?" Blue - A circling blue light means she’s listening. If you’re speaking and you don’t see the light, speak louder or check your power source. Red - Solid red means the mic is muted and she cannot hear you. To turn the microphone back on, press the on/off mic button on your Echo. Green - This colour shows when you’re receiving a call, or a Drop In on Echo Show. Purple - This means the device is on the Do Not Disturb setting. You’ll also see a crescent moon in the upper left corner of an Echo Show. You can enable or disabled this by voice or set up a schedule via the app. Note that, if enabled by voice and not turned off again, it is automatically disabled at midnight. ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Champ, Joe Chite, brings us another brilliant demo - this time of an excellent early years learning resource which appears deceivingly simple on first listen. Don't be fooled - there's a multitude of materials packed into this amazing skill. US-only I'm afraid

*Desperately* needs sound-effects, but otherwise a fab football skill with a pretty unique premise. ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com

Today we rapidly recap some of the things you can do with timers - including the ability to change the volume of their alarms.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com