San Francisco, Jan 26 (Ians) Amazon has rolled out a new feature called "hunches" that allows Alexa to proactively complete tasks around the house, such as turning off lights, based on your habits and frequent requests.
If the new proactive hunches are enabled, though, Alexa will skip asking for permission for a task and just do it, The Verge reported on Monday evening.
Alexa has been able to sense these habits and ask about them since 2018 -- the company calls them acehunches" -- but before this update, Alexa would ask permission before acting on something.
While proactive hunches seem like they could make Alexa a lot more useful, having granular controls over what Alexa can automatically act on will be important, the report said.
Along with new Alexa abilities, Amazon is also rolling out its Guard Plus security subscription service.
The service can alert you if Alexa picks up on certain...
If the new proactive hunches are enabled, though, Alexa will skip asking for permission for a task and just do it, The Verge reported on Monday evening.
Alexa has been able to sense these habits and ask about them since 2018 -- the company calls them acehunches" -- but before this update, Alexa would ask permission before acting on something.
While proactive hunches seem like they could make Alexa a lot more useful, having granular controls over what Alexa can automatically act on will be important, the report said.
Along with new Alexa abilities, Amazon is also rolling out its Guard Plus security subscription service.
The service can alert you if Alexa picks up on certain...
- 1/26/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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