Amazon Echo update lets you shop without raising a finger<article>
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Amazon’s
Echo connected speaker is an unusual product for the online retail giant, if only because it hasn’t included a way to buy stuff.</p><p>
That’s changing with the latest update for Echo, which lets users bark out orders to restock anything they’ve previously bought through Amazon Prime. All that’s required is the device’s wake-up word (“Alexa” by default) followed by “re-order [item name].” Echo then finds the item and asks for confirmation to buy it, either with a “yes” or a voice code.</p><p>
Shopping isn’t strictly restricted to past purchases. If Echo doesn’t find the item in the user’s order history, but can recommend something similar, it’ll tell users the name and price before giving them the option to buy it. If it doesn’t find anything, it’ll add the item name to the user’s shopping list. (You can also say “Alexa, cancel order” if you’ve bought something by accident.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2922529/amazon-echo-update-lets-you-shop-without-raising-a-finger.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Amazon Echo update lets you shop without raising a finger
