“Alexa, Enable Happy Birthday”
Get your name read out when Alexa sings happy birthday!
You can now get funny birthday messages with the Premium Birthday Bundle
It's the skill we have all been waiting for...
Currently You can get Alexa to sing happy birthday to you, but she refuses to say your name. With this powerful skill you can give Alexa the ability to use your name when she sings Happy birthday to you!!!! Now your lonely birthdays at home with Alexa will be Epic as she uses YOUR NAME to sing happy birthday while you blow out the numerous candles on your Colin the caterpillar birthday cake!
Ok so she is not the best at singing your name but that makes it a bit funny and maybe it made you smile.
To make up for Alexa not being the best singer of happy birthday, you can now ask alexa for an opera singer to sing happy birthday! If you have a reasonably common name it may even be a personalised birthday song :)
--Dogs and Cats singing Happy Birthday--
You can now ask for dogs or cats to sing you happy birthday.
-- Opera Singer will sing you happy birthday--
You can ask for an opera singer to sing you happy birthday.
--HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN--
"Alexa, Open happy birthday and sing happy birthday in 30 seconds."
You can choose to set a happy birthday countdown for up to 40 minutes. So you can set alexa to sing happy birthday when you expect the special person to walk into a room and get a great surprise from Alexa.
--Save names and dates--
You can now have a name and date so when you open the skill on the saved date Alexa will use the Saved name
Example:
"Alexa, ask open happy birthday" Then ignore what she says and say, "Alexa, Save January the 1st as Hugo Birthday."
Perfect if you want to set up the skill as a routine and surprise someone.
(Thank you everyone who got in touch through HUGO.FM/contact and suggested this)
--Set the order of songs and messages--
You have 3 slots for birthday messages or songs. You can say "Alexa, set the order" And she will ask you to set the song or message for each slot" Say default for Alexa to sing.
The other free options are:
Cat,
Dog,
Piano,
Opera,
Silly Song,
If you buy the PREMIUM BIRTHDAY BUNDLE You unlock all these birthday messages:
Leprechaun Birthday Message,
Scottish Birthday Message,
Wildlife Presenter Birthday Message,
Hostage Negotiator Birthday Message,
Wizard Birthday Message,
Vampire Birthday Message,
Thor Birthday Message,
Ukulele Birthday Message,
Billionaire Birthday Message,
Santa Birthday Message,
British Prime Minister Birthday Message,
Cake Monster Birthday Message,
Epic Movie Birthday Message,
Queen Birthday Message,
War Speech Birthday Message,
Farm Animals Birthday Message,
Fairy Birthday Message,
Mermaid Birthday Message,
Princess Birthday Message,
Barbershop Birthday Message,
Pirate Birthday Message,
Beatbox Birthday Message,
Orc Birthday Message,
Evil Lord Birthday Message,
Bat Hero Birthday Message,
Mariachi Birthday Message (Spanish version of Happy Birthday),
More to be added
Think of them as epic Audio Birthday cards.
--FAQ--
"I just get piano music" or "the skill does not work"
You need to disable any other skill that has the name Happy birthday and then enable this skill. You may have enabled another skill by accident (This can be done accidentally by voice when trying to use this skill)
"It doesn't work on FireTV"
Try saying 'Alexa open, Happy Birthday Skill'.
"When I set the order, Alexa no longer asks for the name of the person to sing happy birthday to"
If you say "Alexa, open Happy Birthday Skill" Then Say "Alexa, set today as Bob's Birthday" She will use the name, provided one of the options selected was default (Alexa singing Happy Birthday).
Songs used under creative commons attribution required
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Piano Song = "Happy Birthday" by Kevin Lax
Chipmunk Song = "Happy Birthday" by Blue Monkey Music
Silly Song = "Super Psyched For Your Birthday" By The Danimals
Evil Lord = Music from Tunetank.com - TrendingAudio - Dancing Funky (Copyright Free Music)
Epic movie = Music from Tunetank.com - Aliaksei Yukhnevich - End Of The Abyss (Copyright Free Music)
Skill Feedback:
https://hugo.fm/contact