Amazon is bringing a big update to a bunch of Alexa devices: voice calling and messaging. The update was announced today alongside the launch of the touchscreen Echo Show, but the features will also work on all previous Echo devices — it’s not stated whether they’ll work on third-party Alexa devices too, but it seems like they should. Voice calling and messaging are supposed to launch “soon,” which ought to be sometime before June 28th when the Show goes on sale.
Alexa’s voice calling feature works more or less how you’d imagine: you ask Alexa to call one of your contacts, and that person’s Alexa device will begin ringing. The only catch is that both contacts have to have Alexa devices — you can’t call a regular phone number....
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