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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by nogridbag on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @01:46PM (#25279821)
I miss the days of instruction manuals. Alexa has always (?) supported concurrent timers but it wasn't until recently that it started asking me if I want to name my timers. But it tries to be "smart" and only ask me when it thinks I need to name them.

I only figured out through trial and error that I can name my Alexa timers without waiting for it to prompt me:

  > Alexa, set a pasta timer for 10 minutes
  > - Pasta timer, 10 minutes, starting now.
  > Alexa, cancel pasta timer
  > - Pasta timer canceled
Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by addandsubtract on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:59PM (#25283937)
Alexa, let pastaTimer equal 600. While pastaTimer greater than zero, pastaTimer minus minus. Sleep 1. End while. Play alarm dot mp3.