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(express.co.uk): AMAZON is hard at work a blockbuster update for the cloud-based voice assistant that powers its hugely-popular Amazon Echo speaker – Alexa. Here’s everything you need to know about the upgrade.
Amazon is working on a blockbuster new update for the Alexa smartphone app, Express.co.ukhas learned.
The US retail company is planning to bring its talkative voice assistant to your iPhone and Android smartphone, a high-ranking executive revealed.
The future software update was revealed by Ford Executive Director of Connected Vehicle and Services, Don Butler.
Speaking to Express.co.uk at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow at Barcelona, he said: “Amazon is actually going to be developing an app that will reside on your smartphone.
“If you’re familiar with Alexa today, the [smartphone] application that’s there right now is more of a utilities app to help you manage your Skills, your profile, and that kind of thing.
“But it doesn’t actually deliver Alexa capabilities.
“So, [Amazon] are going to be developing an app that delivers Alexa capability to that smartphone device.”
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