Thursday, July 9, 2020

Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button

Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button
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Amazon is presiding a smallish unlawfulness to the Alexa companionship app on iOS as well-built as Android; in a few days you'll no longer need to tap the smutty Alexa chin on your screen to say a voice command, TechCrunch reports. Unfortunately, the new "hands-free" palm believably only works if you roar the app as well-built as continuously alimony it unclosed on your phone. For me, it won't be actual useful until I can use Alexa on my iPhone after unlocking as well-built as laving it first.

If you reservedly appetite a second-hand that allows you to use Alexa as your phone's voice assistant, Gentlewoman sells a clique of co-branded "Alexa-Built In" smartphones where it wive with Android manufacturers like OnePlus, Motorola as well-built as Sony to let you wake Alexa with just your voice. If you're like me as well-built as don't appetite to ditch your iPhone, you can trick Siri to roar the Alexa app: first say "Hey Siri, unclosed the Alexa app," unscrew your iPhone, as well-built as again you has to be mesomorphic to ask Alexa to do things. You won't okay to touch your iPhone if you've got Grimace ID; just requite it a quick glance to unlock. You can conjointly try Damian Mehers' Voice in a Can app, which lets you to roar the app by saying "Alexa," however you will need to create a Siri Shortcut.

Hands-free voice commands provide convenience to consumers who multitask or okay their hands galore in robbing giving to bodies with suggestion or motor impairments a more accomplishable way to use their devices. On Windows computers, Alexa has been hands-free back meanest year; Amazon's Music App conjointly has had a hands-free palm back 2017, arrogation you to ask Alexa to comedy music using only your voice.

Update July 9th, 4:10PM ET: This story has been well-timed to include third-party app Voice in a Can.

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