Alexa Headed to Amazon's Main Android App

Amazon'south Alexa is, once once more, branching out.

Four months later adding the voice-based digital banana to its shopping app for iPhone, Amazon is bringing the same functionality to Android. Amazon has not fabricated a formal announcement about this, but users are starting to notice Alexa inside the company'due south primary Android app.

According to a screenshot posted on Twitter by Ford Senior Software Engineer Nick Schwab, Android users volition get a notification when Alexa is available. At that point, y'all'll be able to customize Alexa, if you so choose.

Looks like Alexa was but added to the Amazon app for Android! Who wants to try playing Deal or No Deal from their Amazon app? :) motion-picture show.twitter.com/vnxBW11pA8
— Nick Schwab (@nickschwab) July 20, 2022

An Amazon spokeswoman on Fri confirmed to PCMag that the feature is rolling out this calendar week.

Meanwhile, Android users can already get Alexa on their phone if they desire, since it's likewise available as a standalone app. Just, adding Alexa to its main Android app will nearly certainly permit Amazon to introduce a lot of new people to the virtual assistant.

The Amazon shopping app already lets you search for products using your voice, but the new Alexa integration "goes far beyond search," Amazon said when it rolled out this feature to iPhones in March. For instance, you can say "set my thermostat to 72 degrees" to make certain your house is cozy when yous become home, so tell Alexa to "turn on my porch lite" when y'all're well-nigh there, and so you lot won't have to fumble with your keys in the nighttime. Or, just tap the microphone and say "play music" to jam out while you lot shop. You can also reorder everyday items with a unproblematic command like "order toilet paper," so track your packages by saying "where'south my stuff?"

The new Android integration comes after Alexa concluding calendar week expanded to TVs and the company's own media streamers.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'south good on fitness and smart abode products. Education yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected wellness products including fitness trackers, heart charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, forcefulness training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart abode devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, simply to name a few.