Amazon To Launch Personal Assistant Alexa in India in the 2nd Half of 2017
Amazon has developed its personal assistance named Alexa which is capable of communicating and carrying multiple instructions of the user. This device is designed to make life easier and control everything around your with its help. This personal assistance from the house of Amazon was introduced in the year 2014. Now, Amazon has decided to launch this artificial intelligence technology in India, which was previously available only in the US and some European countries. It is expected that India will get its first Amazon Alexa in the second half of 2017. Alexa integrated with any smart device in home can carry on your tasks and you will be able to interact with it.
What is Alexa?
Alexa is an artificial intelligence technology which is developed by the Amazon which aims to make conversations in multiple languages with humans and carry out several instructions related to home automation. Amazon integrated this Alexa technology in its product Echo and launched in the market. One can use Alexa to change music automatically, get traffic or weather information, alarm setting, creating a scheduler and several other tasks, very easily and efficiently with some basic interactions. Alexa, integrated with many smart devices can also increase their usability and performance to several folds. Below are some of the important specifications of Amazon’s Alexa:
- The Alexa was launched in 2014 in United States. But it is still under development stage and is going several upgradations so that Amazon can increase its usability to its users.
- Alexa is presently available in two languages – German and English. However, Amazon has announced that it will launch this service in the South Asian countries, including India in the second half of this year.
- Alexa is available for both Android and iOS operating systems. For devices with Android OS, the version supported by Alexa is Android 4.4 or higher than that. The download link Alexa for the Android users in the Google Store is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.dee.app&hl=en. The application size is around 3 MB.
- For those who use Apple products or iOS users, they can download the Alexa application from their app store from this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-alexa/id944011620?mt=8. The application size is around 4 MB.
- Apart from Android and iOS app stores, Alexa is also available for download from the app store provided by Amazon itself. The download link is: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-com-Amazon-Alexa/dp/B00P03D4D2.
Skill set of Amazon’s Alexa
Alexa is one of the greatest innovations of mankind in the field of automation and artificial intelligence. The inspiration of developing this technology clearly came from the sci-fi movies. Alexa is designed to carry out almost every daily needed task such with human interaction, such as it can create a to-do list or set an alarm. When it was developed in 2014, a total of one thousand skills were programmed with it which has now increased to nearly 5 thousand. Alexa can deliver updates on weather by gathering information from Accuweather. It integrates with Tunein to collect news from several online and local sources. Alexa can be used for online shopping or ordering your favorite pizza from Pizza Hut or Dominos. You can also book a cab through this technology. Smart electronic devices and modern equipments which can support Alexa an easily be controlled just with voice commands and you will not need for manual operation.
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