How to use your Amazon Echo as an intercomAmazon is officially adding an intercom feature to all its Alexa-enabled devices. Here's how to use it!
Today, TechCrunch reported that Amazon is finally adding a feature to all its Alexa-enabled devices that will allow you to use them like an intercom. You can call the kiddos for dinner, beckon your spouse without leaving your comfortable chair, and even have your Echo announce your departure or arrival as though you're a dignified guest attending a very important masquerade ball. It's like texting someone from a room away, but with more gusto.
The feature is expected to roll out to Alexa-enabled devices in the U.S. and Canada over the course of this week, so if you have multiple Echo speakers and want to be the first to creep your family out by pretending to be the overbearing virtual lady from Smart House, read on (and, if it helps, imagine me as the tiny cartoon demon on your shoulder giving you all these super cool ideas).
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How to use your Amazon Echo as an intercom
