What Is a Personalized Alexa Flash Briefing?

You can extend your flash briefing by adding more feeds. Most major and local news outlets have their own Alexa flash briefing feeds, as do websites like EPSN.com. There are thousands of flash briefing feeds, and not all of them are news and weather-related. You’ll find feeds that provide daily fashion advice, vocabulary words, and guided meditations. In addition to audio feeds, there are also text feeds that Alexa can read to you and video feeds for Alexa devices with a screen. During your briefing, you can say “Alexa, next” and “Alexa, go back” to skip ahead or replay the previous feed.

How to Customize Alexa Flash Briefings

You can edit your flash briefing and add more feeds using the Alexa app for Android, iOS, and Fire OS devices:

How to Add Alexa News Flash Briefings

If you’re only interested in news, you can add flash briefings from the Alexa skills menu:

How to Change Your Weather Flash Briefing

Alexa’s weather reports are based on the address associated with your Echo device. To change your weather location settings: