Use Soothing Alexa Sleep Sounds

Different sleep sounds come from various Alexa skills. For example, the Sleep Sounds skill allows you to choose between a wide variety of sounds, including ocean waves, fireplace, rainforest, crickets, frogs, wind, rain, dishwasher, and waterfall. Zen Sounds includes options for thunder, Japanese garden, beach, desert, wolf, or sailing sounds. 

Whether you love the sound of rain, wind, thunder, the ocean, or ambient music, you can tell Alexa to play it for you. Other possibilities include a guided meditation, a bedtime story, or white noise.

Several Alexa skills, such as Short Bedtime Story, will play you (or your kids) a story. Some, such as Mindful Meditation, will lead you through your choice of guided meditations. Still others, like Sleep Sounds: White Noise, offer, you guessed it, white noise. If bedtime music is more your thing, there are many skills for that, too.

How to Play Ambient Sleep Sounds

To use any of the skills mentioned above, you must first enable them:

  • Say, “Alexa, enable [skill].”
  • Alexa may ask you to differentiate between several similar skills.
  • Respond with the skill you’re interested in.

Activate Your Alexa’s Skill

Once you’ve enabled some Alexa sleep sounds skills, you’re ready to activate them at bedtime:

Say, “Alexa, enable [skill].”

Alexa may ask you to differentiate between several similar skills.

Respond with the skill you’re interested in.

  • Tell Alexa the skill you want to enable by saying, “Alexa, play [skill].”
  • Alexa may ask you some follow-up questions. For example:
  • You: Alexa, play Sleep Sounds.
  • Alexa: Welcome to Sleep Sounds by Invoked Apps. I can play many relaxing sound loops like Thunderstorms and Rain. Or you can ask me for a list. You can also tell me two sounds to play at the same time. Which sound would you like?
  • Respond with your choices.
  • You: Ocean Waves.
  • Alexa: [Ocean Waves sound]
  • Enjoy your rest!

Alexa Routines

Tell Alexa the skill you want to enable by saying, “Alexa, play [skill].”

Alexa may ask you some follow-up questions. For example:

You: Alexa, play Sleep Sounds.

Alexa: Welcome to Sleep Sounds by Invoked Apps. I can play many relaxing sound loops like Thunderstorms and Rain. Or you can ask me for a list. You can also tell me two sounds to play at the same time. Which sound would you like?

Respond with your choices.

You: Ocean Waves.

Alexa: [Ocean Waves sound]

Enjoy your rest!

  • Open the Alexa app and tap More from the bottom right.
  • Tap Routines.
  • Tap Create Routine to add a routine.
  • Tap When this happens > Voice.
  • Type in the phrase you want to use, then tap Next.
  • Tap Add action, and then tap Music.
  • Select the station and source you want to play. Optionally, tap Timer to set a timer. Tap Next > Save.
  • Now, when you want to use the Routine, give Alexa the voice command you just created: “Alexa, help me get my beauty sleep.”

Using the Alexa Sleep Timer

Once you have your sleep sounds going, you can tell Alexa to stop them after a certain period of time. This is called a sleep timer. 

Open the Alexa app and tap More from the bottom right.

Tap Routines.

Tap Create Routine to add a routine.

Tap When this happens > Voice.

Type in the phrase you want to use, then tap Next.

Tap Add action, and then tap Music.

Select the station and source you want to play. Optionally, tap Timer to set a timer. Tap Next > Save.

Now, when you want to use the Routine, give Alexa the voice command you just created: “Alexa, help me get my beauty sleep.”

  • Say, “Alexa, set a sleep timer for one hour.”
  • Whatever is playing will stop after an hour.
  • If you want the sounds to stop before then, just say, “Alexa, stop.”

Say, “Alexa, set a sleep timer for one hour.” 

Whatever is playing will stop after an hour.

If you want the sounds to stop before then, just say, “Alexa, stop.” 

Once you have your sleep sounds going, you can set up a loop to ensure the sounds continue uninterrupted. Just say, “Alexa, loop this sound.” 

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