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Cortana, the voice assistant in Windows, won a strong competitor: the Amazon launched today (25) an application that allows the download and use of Alexa not PC free of charge. In this way, it will not be necessary to have a device Amazon Echo to make use of the personal assistant in your home.
The company disclosed that, even with the application being always active to listen to voice commands, the Alexa on the PC can be deactivated by means of a simple button. All conversations can also be deleted by the user, and the app can be disabled at times when nothing is to be heard.
The company expects the arrival of its personal assistant to computers with Windows help users to have a better organization of their day to day.
The same commands you speak to your device Echo can also be given to the application on the PC, such as activating a song, requesting reading routines, alarms and reminders. The application is available in Portuguese and can now be downloaded for free through the Microsoft Store.
People use computers every day for both business and entertainment, and with the free Alexa PC app, they can, with a simple voice command, use the benefits of Alexa, ranging from basic features to thousands of skills.
Talita Bruzzi Taliberti, Alexa Country Manager at Amazon Brazil
You can install the new application on computers with Windows 10 e Windows 11, which have at least 150 MB free in their internal storage. The minimum amount of RAM for Alexa on PC to work was not informed, but Microsoft's own app store indicates whether your machine will work with the launch or not. Just scroll down and look for the section System requirements.
Artificial intelligence is easy to use for everyone, even those who are not very into new technologies: you just need to talk to Alexa. This new app has also made it easier for customers to take Alexa anywhere, whether it's changing rooms in their home, going to the office or on a trip.
Talita Bruzzi Taliberti on the convenience of Alexa on PC
Alexa on PC with Show Mode Enables Interactive Experience
For the arrival of the personal assistant in the operating system of the Microsoft, Amazon prepared the Show Mode, which allows the display of data on the computer screen. It's as if your computer has become a big interactive tablet that can be controlled by the mouse or even by touching the screen if it has touchscreen support - similar to the experience with smart screens. Echo Show.
This mode can be activated through a simple click on the application that was launched today or through the voice command “Alexa, enable Show Mode”. The company announced that it is possible to follow the step-by-step recipes that you have requested from the personal assistant, check the calendar, the weather forecast, see the music that is currently playing and even give commands to activate or deactivate other devices through a simple click on section Smart home.
Amazon also offers the section Communicating , where you can make video calls or send messages to other people. as in Echo Show, you can create groups that correspond to the devices in a room for even more precise control. Download now:
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Check out our review of the Echo Buds 2, a headset that also has Alexa built in.
Source: Amazon
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