Amazon has put October yet another useful update for its digital assistant Alexa and Echo smart speaker. Following last week’s addition of Jeopardy -playing capabilities, the company will now let its voice-powered narrate Kindle books aloud software through the Echo. You can now start the narration by saying, “Alexa, read” [Kindle book title], “and the will software launch into the reading, albeit in a far more robotic tone than your standard audiobook narrator. The feature is free to use with any Kindle book in your library.
The will keep track software of Which book You Were reading last, so you can Also launch the narration by simply saying, “Alexa, read my Kindle book.” Alexa will Answered to commands like “pause,” “go forward,” and “resume reading” too. Unlike the Amazon-owned Audible service, However, you can not I specify a Certain chapter to jump to in your Kindle book.
Amazon is positioning Alexa as a go-to partner for the smart home
Still, Amazon continues to think up unique ways to make the Echo and Alexa more handy beyond its ability to answer basic queries internet and play music, and Amazon is doing so seemingly at an accelerated clip. The updates are all part of the Broader initiative to establish Alexa as a go-to partner for the smart home industry, and today’s update happens to add Alexa integration for Vivint smart home products like security systems and smart locks.
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