Last Update: February 24, 2023, 08:45 IST
Alexa came to India 5 years ago and now her voice is that of men
The Alexa voice assistant has evolved in the country with more capabilities, but it now has a separate speaker.
As Amazon’s Alexa completes five years in India, the company on Thursday introduced a new male voice option for Alexa responses.
This will allow Indian users to switch between Alexa’s original voice and the new masculine voice.
“Over the past five years, our objective has been to build Alexa from India and for India, and I truly believe that our journey is synonymous with the development of ambient computing in the country. As we look ahead, our focus remains on bringing to life new voice, touch, motion and vision-enabled experiences for consuming entertainment, completing tasks and accessing information.”
The new voice can respond in both English and Hindi languages.
The company said users can change Alexa’s voice by saying “Alexa, change your voice” on Echo devices, or by going to individual device settings from the Alexa app and selecting Alexa’s voice.
Users will be able to use any wake word, including Alexa, Echo, Computer and Amazon, to ask questions in English, Hindi and Hinglish.
Furthermore, the company noted that, in 2022, Alexa requests for music are set to increase by about 53 percent with customers streaming songs through providers such as Amazon Prime Music, Spotify, JioSaavn, and Apple Music.
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515 percent increase.
In addition, the company revealed that users’ love for interacting with Alexa is reflected in questions such as “Alexa, how are you” (31,680 times per day), and “Alexa, I love you” (21,600 times per day) It happens. an increase of 214 percent and 275 percent, respectively.
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