You’ll need to know the ticker symbols for the stocks you want to check (e.g., DIS for The Disney Company, AAPL for Apple, etc.) and whether the stock trades on the NASDAQ or NYSE to use this skill. Of course, if you regularly have a need to check stocks you probably already have that information. If not, you can always Google for it. To change the Echo Spot display brightness is easy. Just drag down from the top edge of the display to launch the menu. Once you launch the Menu, there are Home, Settings icons in addition to the side for adjusting the display brightness. You move the slider left or right to adjust the display brightness on Amazon Echo Spot. Turn Sunrise Alarms On or Off on Echo Show; Change the Background on Your Echo Show; Change the Background on Echo Show 5; View Photos and Slideshows on Echo Show; Adjust the Screen Brightness on Your Echo Show; Link Video Streaming Services on Echo Show; Watch Video Streaming Services on Echo Show But you can change this "wake word" to Echo, Amazon, or Computer, if you prefer. Just say, "Alexa, go to settings," or swipe down from the top of the Echo Show screen and select Settings. Then, tap Device options > Wake word > and select the wake word you want to use instead. There are a bunch of options to customize the Amazon Alexa Echo Spot Display. Echo Spot Settings let you customize clock face, cards, brightness, DND, etc. When you change the Echo Spot Clock, you can change the clock face from available designs, or you can upload own clock faces. Open the settings by swiping down from the top of the screen, and then tapping the little gear icon. On the Echo Show, there’s a “Settings” label underneath the icon. From there, select “Home & Clock” option (Echo Dot) “Home Screen” option (Echo Show). Toggle the “24-Hour Time” switch to enable it.