2023 Ford Edge Owners Manual - Alexa Built-In

Alexa Built-In

What is Alexa Built-In

Alexa Built-In allows you to use Alexa in your vehicle for auto-specific use cases on the road and gives you access to an ever-evolving number of skills that help to make your life more productive, entertaining, and connected while using your vehicle.

Alexa Built-In Requirements

To use Alexa, all of the following must occur:

• Your vehicle modem is enabled.
• You are signed in to an existing Amazon account.
• Vehicle location services are enabled.
• Vehicle connectivity and vehicle data sharing is enabled.

Signing In to Your Account

  Press the button in the status bar and follow the on-screen prompts.

To sign in using the settings menu:

1. From the settings menu, press Amazon Alexa.   See   . 

1. Press Get Started.

1. Sign in to the Amazon account by either scanning the code or entering the on-screen code into the Amazon website.

1. Once logged in, follow the on-screen prompts.

1. When complete, the vehicle informs you that Alexa is ready to be used in the vehicle.

Signing Out of Your Account

1. From the settings menu, press Amazon Alexa.   See   . 

1. Press Sign Out.

Using Alexa Built-In

To use Alexa, say “Alexa” or press the voice interaction button on the steering wheel and then say “Alexa” to invoke Alexa to start listening.

Note:   If the wake word is not enabled, you can only use the voice interaction button.

You can use Alexa for the following and more:

• Entertainment.
• Hands-free calling.
• Traffic and navigation.
• Vehicle controls.
• Smart home device control.
• Weather and news information.

Alexa Built-In Settings

Enabling the Wake Word

1. From the settings menu, press Amazon Alexa.   See   . 

1. Switch Listen for Wake Word on or off.

Note:   If the wake word is not enabled, you can only use the voice interaction button.

Contact List

Displays a list of connected phones and contact sharing status for each phone.

To change the contact sharing status:

1. From the settings menu, press Amazon Alexa.   See   . 

1. Press Contact List.

1. Enable or disable sharing for each phone.

Note:   You can share contacts from more than one phone at a time.

Things to Try

Learn more about what you can do with Alexa by browsing the things to try.

1. From the settings menu, press Amazon Alexa.   See   . 

1. Press Things to Try.