Echo owners have been asking for this feature since the beginning, and demand for it only intensified when Yelp integration brought local business information to the Echo. Now, at last, you can get local movie times using Alexa voice commands!

Credit for this tip goes to LME reader Oliver Crown, who shared this information via the LME Facebook page:

You can ask “Alexa, what movies are playing nearby?” And she will read off the first five movies in your area. Afterwards, she will ask if you want to hear more.



Note from April: here’s what I got in the Alexa app after asking, “Alexa, what movies are playing nearby?” (There were actually five movies displayed, but I cropped one out to make the image smaller)

Also, you can ask what times a particular movie is playing. For example the wake word followed by “When is Star Wars playing?” Will give you times for the nearest theater.

I have had success asking if the movie is playing in a given city/town.



Note from April: here’s what I got in the Alexa app after asking, “Alexa, is Hateful Eight playing nearby?” Note the links for showtimes and a trailer.

It’s Not Official Yet, But It Works Already!

Lots of Echo owners have known for a while that something was brewing in this area because they noticed that if you go to Things To Try tab in the Alexa app, there’s now link for “Go to the Movies”. As of this writing (on 1/7/16) when you click that link all you get is a blank page, so apparently the content there is still in development.

The new feature is working for me here in Southern California, and I’ve checked with friends and family who own Echos in Texas, Washington state and Illinois and they all say the feature is working for them too, so give it a try!

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