Chef and insult-expert Gordon Ramsay (opens in new tab), for example, can be launched by saying “Alexa, enable Gordon Ramsay,” in the Alexa app on your phone or in range of an Alexa speaker like the Amazon Echo (4th Gen). You can use the same format to enable everybody's favorite Star Wars droid, R2D2 (opens in new tab). There are two methods for enabling celebrity voices for Alexa. The first is to say, “Alexa, enable ,” or “Alexa, introduce me to ,” to one of your Echo speakers, second-generation or newer (we tested it on the Amazon Echo Dot with Clock). Alexa will provide a brief teaser using the celebrity’s voice, then give you the option to initiate a one-time payment of $4.99. Waze uses celebrity voices for navigation occasionally but they are only available for a limited time. You can also purchase celebrity voices through Amazon’s website, here’s how.ġ. This was the previous method of getting the voices. Log into your Amazon (opens in new tab) account.Ģ.

Click here for Melissa McCarthy (opens in new tab), here for Shaquille O’Neal (opens in new tab) and here for Samuel L. Make sure you own eligible Echo speakers for celebrity voices. If you see “Works with one or more of your Alexa Devices,” next to a green checkmark, you have a compatible Echo speaker. #How to get celebrity voices for waze free.#How to get celebrity voices for waze full.

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