For all tastes: How Alexa tells you jokes

If Amazon has its way, Alexa should not only be a practical assistance, but also serve the entertainment. Our guide explains how to ask for it and what options are available.

Punny in store: Alexa will tell you jokes if you ask for them.

Good humor is more important than ever in times like these. Alexa can help cheer you up.

Alexa as a joke teller: these are the options you have

Per voice command, you can ask Alexa to tell you a joke. You can either do this without any specifications or be a bit more specific. A general request would be, for example:

• "Alexa, tell me a joke."

Or also:

• "Alexa, what is your favorite joke?"

Alternatively, you can get more specific by asking for jokes about, for example, drivers, cat owners, vegetarians, civil servants or scientists. How large the database is, on which Alexa can fall back for this, depends not least on the activated skills - here there is namely also a lot of choice, as for example the special skill for jokes about names shows.