And finally, you can command your Mac to tell you a joke, if you are in the mood for truly awful knock-knock jokes. Are there speech commands you use with your Mac?

Ready to control Chrome with your voice? Here's how a couple quick clicks can bring Android-like powers into your desktop browsing environment.

You can use voice commands to turn your TV on as well, though you will need to set this up with your streaming device, add your TV to the Home app, or activate the relevant Alexa skill.

If you don’t use the voice assistant on a ChromeOS, macOS, or Windows system, you may choose to turn off Google Assistant, Siri or Microsoft CoPilot.

That means you can use the voice controls without having to train your device’s digital assistant to recognize Spotify-specific commands.

It only sends commands and questions to the cloud spoken after the wake-up word. Amazon allows users to go in and erase their voice recordings.