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no time to wait for your morning Java jolt Alexa may help you bypass that line next time you're at your local Starbucks the coffee giant announced plans to roll out a voice command feature on their app called my Starbucks barista and a reorder feature for Amazon's Alexa to process your order forgot to add a splash of cream on your iced grande americano the service will also allow customers to interact with the virtual assistant aka chat bot through voice or text message meaning you can change the location of a pickup add or change your order and process the payment before you even arrive the current Starbucks app can already handle mobile orders and payments to bypass the register but the new barista feature means a completely hands-free experience or if you'd rather bark orders at your echo in the privacy of your own home the Amazon products will also be getting a Starbucks reorder skill which allows you to order your usual choice of brew by saying Alexa order in my Starbucks assuming you've set this up previously in the Starbucks app the beta program has already rolled out to about 1000 I owe S customers and will launch for everyone else in the summer of 2017 with an Android version coming the following year Starbucks is just the latest company to incorporate Alexa into its services earlier this year at CES we saw GE Mattel and Ford do the same for their products so expect Alexa's powers to continue to grow in 2017 and for more tech news make sure to head on to cnet.com from San Francisco I'm Vanessa and Arianna