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May 19, 2017

Alexa at the ballpark: Testing Amazon Echo inside a Seattle Mariners suite at Safeco Field

Amazon’s voice technology has made its way into Major League Baseball. Earlier this month, the Seattle Mariners became the first professional sports franchise to place Amazon Echo devices inside stadium suites. At Safeco Field, fans at each of the 59 suites can now use their voice to order food, change TV channels, play music, and even have Alexa — the AI powered voice assistant built into the Echo — sing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.” GeekWire had a chance to test out the new technology this week before the Mariners took on the Oakland Athletics. Fans can use Alexa for its… Read More

Sep 13, 2016

Amazon’s Alexa tops 3,000 skills, can now read tweets and soon fantasy football scores

If only we could all learn as many skills as quickly as Alexa. The digital brain behind Amazon’s Echo and Dot smart speakers has surpassed 3,000 skills — capabilities added by third-party developers — triple the amount available in June, the company said Tuesday. RELATED POST: Talk to the fridge: GE links appliances to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant to enable voice controls With her newest batch of skills, Alexa can now read tweets, send recipes from the Food Network show you’re watching, find a lost cell phone and talk to appliances. Alexa can be your travel agent (Alexa, ask Kayak where can I fly for… Read More

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