Voice In Canada Flash Briefing #141
Hello there and welcome to the week. Here is a very cool update to the Alexa app that I want to tell you all about. And here’s something that people have been wanting for quite some time. So, this is a good feature. It’s a little bit of a milestone in terms of what Amazon is doing.
As you know, there has been the Amazon Alexa app on the phone for some time, but you couldn’t actually use the app to talk to Alexa. Well, that has now changed. So the first thing that you need to do, is you need to go to the iOS app store, and you need to download the latest update of the Amazon Alexa app.
So, this is for iOS, I should mention, and once you’ve done that, you will actually notice that the interface looks a little bit different now. So when you open the Alexa app, you will see that there are now five icons along the bottom. One of them, on the far right, just so you know, is now a settings icon.
So you no longer actually have to go into the menu, hamburger icon, and go on to settings. You can still do it that way, but there’s actually a settings button in the right lower corner.
But, what’s really interesting is you will clearly see that in the middle of those icons there is a little blue circle, the Amazon Alexa icon or logo. And when you click on that, once you set up a couple of quick settings the first time, you can now talk to Alexa through your phone, through your iOS phone, which is great.
You’ve got Alexa on your phone and you can control things in your home through your phone very easily now.
You simply push that button and you say your command, you don’t even have to say the wake word “Alexa”, because the app knows that you’re speaking to Alexa when you do that.
So you can just give it the command, and it does it, and it works really well. You may recall a while back in a flash briefing, I talked about an app called Reverb, which simulated Alexa on your phone.
Well, that’s kind of obsolete already, because now you can do it’s basically straight through the Alexa. The only downside to it on the iOS device, of course, that you actually have to push the button to activate it.
It’s not listening for the wake word, because that, of course, this is an Apple product and they have Siri listening for the command. But nevertheless, this is a great way to test things out.
You’ve got Alexa on your phone and you can control things in your home through your phone very, very easily now. So I think this is a great move by Amazon, and I think it’s a great feature. So check it out. I really enjoy it.
I’ve been using it a lot already, and I think you will find it to be very helpful. Okay? Remember we’ve got another podcast coming out tomorrow and I will let you know about it then. Alright. Have a great day.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Other Useful Resources
- Complete List of Alexa Commands
- Alexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in Canada
- Teri Fisher on Twitter
- Alexa in Canada on Twitter
- Alexa in Canada on Instagram
- Alexa in Canada Community Group on Facebook
- Please leave a review on the Skills Store!
- Shopping on Amazon.ca
- Create a Flash Briefing Tutorial – Free Tutorial to Create your own Flash Briefing
- Flash Briefing Formula – Your Complete Premium Step-By-Step Course to Launch a Successful Flash Briefing that Gets Found and Grows Your Brand
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1. Open your Alexa app and click on the Menu button > Settings > Flash Briefing.
2. Click on “Add Content” and search for “Voice in Canada”.
3. Click on “Voice in Canada” and the Enable button.
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