Gadgetory

Alexa tell me the weather forecast for tomorrow Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is slowly spreading on to phones it's come to the HTC u 11 which is best known for being a high-end phone you can squeeze ok Google will Alexa kick off a turf war with Google assistant which is also on Android phones like the U 11 like Google assistant you can make HTC is Alexa app pop up anytime even when the phone is locked Alexa will answer questions about the weather play music through Amazon music and access all of alexis skills just like on an amazon echo device and yes that includes using it to remote control your smart home even if you don't have an echo in the living room Alexa give me my flash news you can do the usual stuff like ask how far away or how tall something is and of course buy things from Amazon using only your voice so here's what it can't do the Alexa app won't show text-based results like Google assistant and Apple Siri do so you have to be a good listener but there is a history of your searches in the Alexa app Alexa for phones won't let you stream music yet from Spotify or Pandora or set an alarm timer or a reminder even more confusing the Alexa app says that you can it's talking about your echo speaker not your phone sorry in fact HTC's Alexa for your phone isn't tied to your phone settings at all so you won't be able to dictate a message or turn on bluetooth with your voice as Alex expands onto more phones it's likely Amazon will be able to tie into your device at a deeper level and match most of what Alexa echo can do