The 10 most bizarre Amazon Alexa skills right now
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is a lot of different things at once. To some people, it's a useful tool that makes daily household life significantly more convenient. To others, it's a bit invasive and creepy to have something listening to all of your conversations at home. One thing most people can probably agree on is that Alexa is weird. A voice-powered home assistant with a huge number of community-made skills you can download for it is bound to get a little strange at times. We've perused Amazon's Alexa skills marketplace for some of the oddest ones around, and these are the most bizarre picks we could find. All of the Alexa skills on this list have varying degrees of usefulness, but the Cigar Pairing skill might actually be pretty helpful in the very specific situation it was designed for. Cigars are typically enjoyed with some manner of "adult beverage" as the official description says, and this skill can help you pick the right one to pair with a cigar. It can make recommendations whether or not your cigar of choice is in its database or not, which is a nice touch. That might be more easily accomplished with a Google search, but this Alexa skill is here just in case that isn't an option. The Good Night Alexa skill is perfectly harmless in a charming sort of way. It's simple: You tell it "Alexa, good night" and it tells you "good night" back. Sometimes it's just a nice thing to hear. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimis one of the most beloved video games of the last decade. It actually became so much of a running joke that Bethesda kept releasing it on new platforms so many years after it first came out that they put together a voice-controlled Alexa version. The trailer starring Keegan Michael Key is probably all you need to see to get the gist of it, but it's on the Alexa skill marketplace if you want to play Skyrimin the weirdest way possible. The wait for the eighth and final season of Game of Throneshas been agonizing for fans. It just isn't fair for a TV show with so many hanging plot threads to take almost two years off. Thankfully, there's an Alexa skill to remind you exactly when the new season starts. The countdown skill will let you know how many days, hours, minutes and seconds until the April 14 premiere. This one is actually useful, but probably won't be for much longer. Egg Facts has been around for a couple of years and is a good go-to example of a bizarre Alexa skill. There are actually multiple Alexa skills under the same name, somehow. Install Egg Facts, tell Alexa to launch the app, and it will give you facts about eggs. It's beautifully simple. Cat owners know that the quickest and easiest way to get the attention of a feline friend is to open a can of their food. The sound alone is enough to stir them from slumber and this Alexa skill aims to take advantage of that. Its sole purpose is to simulate the sound of a cat food can being opened. That's it. Perhaps the best part is that user reviews claim their cats weren't fooled by it. The Star Warsmovies do a lot of things, but one thing they don't do is regularly dive into things like character height. The Unofficial Star WarsGalaxy Characteristics Alexa skill is a possible solution to that specific issue. If you want to find out Boba Fett's eye color or the technical specifications of an X-Wing, this might be the skill for you. It may not always be easy to find the time to hit the golf course, but there's an Alexa skill to help fans stay in the golf mindset. Golf Quotes is exactly what it sounds like: A skill that enables Alexa to recite famous quotes about the game of golf to you. It's a simple and somewhat goofy concept that actually seems to be executed well. The skill can spout almost 200 quotes about golf and user reviews are highly positive. Abbott & Costello's "who's on first" bit is one of the most famous comedy routines in history. Naturally, there's an Alexa skill that allows you to hear it delivered in Alexa's creepily detached robot cadence. There isn't much else to say about this one other than that virtual assistants should probably leave it to the professionals. As a primarily sound-based piece of technology, Alexa's skills marketplace is full of ambient noise generators. One of the more unusual ones is meant to simulate the sound of someone in the same room as you snoring through the night. Not everyone likes the sound of snoring, but this could potentially make a room feel less lonely at night. Unfortunately, negative user reviews cited technical issues that made it less effective than it could have been.Cigar Pairing
Alexa can help you find the perfect Cigar pairing.Credit: Roberto Machado Noa / LightRocket via Getty ImagesGood Night
This could be you, thanks to the power of Alexa.Credit: Shutterstock / Maksym Povozniuk'Skyrim' Very Special Edition
Imagine this, but without being able to see any of it.Credit: Bethesda Game studiosCountdown to 'Game of Thrones'
This Alexa skill will only be useful for a little while longer.Credit: Helen Sloan / HBOEgg Facts
Finally, you can learn more about eggs thanks to Alexa.Credit: Nasir Kachroo / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesCat Food
There are probably easier ways to summon your cat than using an Alexa skill.Credit: Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesUnofficial 'Star Wars' Galaxy Characteristics
Alexa might be able to tell you how tall Luke Skywalker was.Credit: John Wilson / LucasfilmGolf Quotes
Get motivated before you hit the links with some golf quotes courtesy of Alexa.Credit: David Cannon/Getty ImagesWho's On First
Alexa can deliver comedy routines now.Credit: Bettmann Archive / Getty imagesAmbient Sounds: Snoring
Alexa can simulate this experience for you.Credit: Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty Images
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