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Title: Apps that put Amazon Alexa on your phone aren’t as good as they could be Post by: HCK on May 12, 2016, 04:05:14 pm Apps that put Amazon Alexa on your phone aren’t as good as they could be
<article> <section class="page"> <p> As someone who recently bought—and was quickly enchanted by—Amazon’s Echo connected speaker (http://www.techhive.com/article/2954508/home-control/amazon-echo-review-betcha-cant-buy-just-one-of-these-voice-activated-connected-home-controllers.html), I’ve been thinking of ways to get its Alexa virtual assistant into more rooms of the house.</p><p> Of course, I could just buy another Echo speaker, or some other Alexa-infused device such as the Echo Dot (http://www.techhive.com/article/3040291/consumer-electronics/echo-dot-and-amazon-tap-bring-alexas-voice-smarts-to-cheaper-hardware.html), Amazon Tap, or Invoxia’s Triby (http://www.techhive.com/article/3062983/connected-home/triby-review-alexa-transforms-a-silly-gadget-into-a-family-oriented-digital-assistant.html). But what if I could just use my smartphone to access Alexa instead? Or better yet, what if I could repurpose an old smartphone to act like an Echo full-time?</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3068187/software/apps-that-put-amazon-alexa-on-your-phone-arent-as-good-as-they-could-be.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apps that put Amazon Alexa on your phone aren’t as good as they could be (http://www.macworld.com/article/3068187/software/apps-that-put-amazon-alexa-on-your-phone-arent-as-good-as-they-could-be.html#tk.rss_all) |