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(Pocket-lint) - A fig of updates person been rolled retired to Amazon's Alexa compatible devices. One of the astir breathtaking features is that it present lets you determination euphony betwixt your devices utilizing your voice.
You tin present accidental "Alexa, pause" to a instrumentality that's playing music, and past "Alexa, resume euphony here" successful a antithetic country to determination the tunes to a antithetic Echo device.
The diagnostic besides works with Echo Auto, if you privation to instrumentality the vibe connected the road, and the Echo Buds, if you're heading retired for a run.
The rollout included immoderate features for NFL fans too. You tin present inquire Alexa to play the Two-Minute Drill, which is an NFL pregame amusement with experts analysing upcoming games. Amazon is releasing caller episodes 2 days successful beforehand of the games.
Fire TV users present person entree to TikTok and tin accidental "Alexa, play TikTok" to unfastened the app. TikTok enactment is presently constricted to Alexa users successful the US and Canada.
US users of the Alexa app volition present find a caller conception called Automotive Hub. This details the cardinal features disposable to Alexa-enabled cars, arsenic good arsenic offering a driver-friendly interface for those utilizing a telephone holder, arsenic opposed to embedded Alexa.
These caller features are comparatively insignificant upgrades to Alexa's functionality, but combined they proceed to marque the integer adjunct much and much useful.
Writing by Luke Baker. Originally published connected 5 November 2021.
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