Amazon's Alexa Virtual Assistant Can Now Order Millions of Prime Products For You (thenextweb.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: Amazon added a new skill for its voice assistant Alexa on Friday, and it could help the e-commerce giant add even more revenue to its already billions in yearly sales from selling everything from toilet paper to toothpaste. With today's update, now you can tell Alexa you want to buy any one of its tens of millions of items that are sold on Amazon. The one caveat is that the item must be a Prime product, meaning it is fulfilled by Amazon and can be shipped to shopper's doorsteps within two days or less. So if your daughter or son wants a Elsa doll from Disney's Frozen movie, you simply ask, "Alexa, please order the Elsa doll from Frozen," and Alexa will suggest a toy that fits that description. You then say "yes" to continue the transaction, and Alexa will take care of charging your credit card, and shipping the product to your home. Quartz posted a story in early June in which it documents several concerns from parents that Amazon Echo is conditioning the kids of this generation to be rude.

Comments

Re:Hello alexa

[FlyHelicopters]

please gimme a blowjo. Thank you.

In 20 years, that might actually not be out of the question...

My wife joked that she wouldn't mind an Alexa sex robot, because unlike a real girlfriend, Alexa would have an off switch. :)

Re:No thanks.

[Gavagai80]

The idea is that instead of you shopping around for a good deal, alexa suggests the item with the largest profit margin and you simply say yes.