Amazon Alexa Android and iOS app now supports Hindi

Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant has become quite popular in India over the last few years, steadily adding features to suit the Indian user base. Now, on the day of its one year anniversary of Alexa’s supporting Hindi, Amazon has announced they will now be expanding this support to the Alexa Android and iOS app.

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Amazon Alexa will soon feature Amitabh Bachchan’s voice experience

E-commerce giant Amazon India, has announced a partnership with Hindi-film industry legend, Amitabh Bachchan that will provide a rather unique feature to the Alexa voice assistant experience. The celebrity will work with Amazon to record and lend his voice to Alexa, which customers will be able to purchase as a voice experience.

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Skype calling rolling out to Amazon Alexa devices

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Skype has announced that Skype calling will be available on Amazon Alexa devices. With Skype on your Alexa-enabled device, you can connect hands-free with family and friends around the world just by saying, “Alexa, call Mom on Skype.” Continue reading “Skype calling rolling out to Amazon Alexa devices”

Amazon Alexa in India lets you set music alarms from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn and radio stations with TuneIn

Amazon_AlexaAmazon’s Alexa in India has gained music alarms, and this feature will enable users to set their favorite music as alarm tones to wake up to your favorite songs. With the new capabilities, you can set up alarms to play songs from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn or radio stations with TuneIn. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa in India lets you set music alarms from Amazon Prime Music, Saavn and radio stations with TuneIn”

Amazon explains why Echo recorded a conversation and sent it to a random contact

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Amazon Alexa digital assistant is part of the Echo devices that Amazon ships out. The job of Alexa is to answer questions when asked and respond to commands among many others. In what can be seen as the most embarrassing moment, according to an Oregon family who claims that their Amazon Echo has recorded a conversation and then sent it to a random person on their contact list. Continue reading “Amazon explains why Echo recorded a conversation and sent it to a random contact”

Acer to bring Amazon Alexa voice assistant to notebooks and desktops starting Q1 2018

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Acer today announced that it would roll out Amazon Alexa voice assistant to select PCs starting from Q1 2018. The list of PCs includes Aspire, Spin, Switch and Swift notebooks, as well as Aspire all-in-one PCs. Continue reading “Acer to bring Amazon Alexa voice assistant to notebooks and desktops starting Q1 2018”

Moto Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa voice assistant Moto Mod announced

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Motorola has introduced a new Moto mod for the Moto Z series phones. The new mod named as Moto Smart Speaker comes with Amazon Alexa voice assistant support. It quite resembles the current Moto SoundBoost 2 speaker mod but with Alexa Assistant support built-in. It connects to the rear of your phone giving you on-the-go access to the personal assistant.

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Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana digital assistants will soon work with each other

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Microsoft and Amazon has partnered to integrate Alexa and Cortana digital assistants. Available later this year, this collaboration will allow you to access Alexa via Cortana on Windows 10 PCs, followed by Android and iOS in the future. In return Cortana will be available on Alexa-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Show. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana digital assistants will soon work with each other”

Amazon Alexa is coming to Motorola smartphones and Moto Mods later this year

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Motorola and Amazon have teamed up to integrate Amazon Alexa digital voice assistant into Motorola smartphones and Moto Mods. The announcement was made at the ongoing MWC 2017.
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