How to make voice and video calls using Alexa and your Amazon Echo

If you have an Amazon Echo in your home you already know how useful it can be. Whether you want to play music, turn on your lights, or just check the weather, Amazon's Alexa-powered smart speakers can pretty much do it all. And that includes making calls. That's right, you can use your Echo devices to call people in your contacts, even if they don't have an Echo device of their own. Here's how it all works: The first thing you need to do is give Alexa access to your contacts.