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Home LivingSmart HomeAmazon’s Alexa app gets major updates and redesign that users will loveAlexa app gets complete redesign with new smart home and customisation featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Alexa app gets complete redesign with new smart home and customisation features
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: About Amazon)
(Image credit: About Amazon)
Throughout this year, Amazon has been rolling out updates to make the Alexa app easier to use and customise. Among these upgrades have been theAmazon Map Viewthat creates a digital floor plan of devices and Home Shortcuts for quicker device control.
As announced on 1st December onAbout Amazon, the new updates to the Alexa app are now becoming available oniOSandAndroiddevices. With smart home users in mind, the Alexa app has updated its Favourites, Shortcuts, Activities and much more. Let’s take a look at what to expect from the newly refreshed Amazon Alexa app.
Home shortcuts
These device updates are available for users that have 20 or less devices. Amazon has plans to expand this in the coming months for users who have more devices.
Devices
(Image credit: About Amazon)
(Image credit: About Amazon)
Favourites
The Favourites section has become more accessible. It’s been moved from Devices and is now on the Home page so you can get quick and easy access to your favourite devices with a simple tap. Alongside specific devices, the Favourites tab also displays common features like to-do lists and recently played music so you can pick up where you left off.
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Devices supported on Favourites including Echo speakers and displays,security cameras, smart bulbs,smart locks, switches,smart plugsandsmart thermostats. More types are expected to be added in the future.
Communicating with Alexa
During itsproduct launch eventin September, Amazon announced its plans to make Alexa more conversational and easier to communicate with, thanks to the use of AI. With this in mind, Amazon has updated its Alexa app so you can talk or type to Alexa in a single location. To use this feature, all you have to do is tap the blue chat indicator which is available on any page in the Alexa app. This chat feature is easy to use and offers conversational prompts and visual responses.
Activities
The Activities section has been reorganised so it takes up less room and is more condensed. Activity cards show you timers, alarms and reminders in a stacked format so you can locate them quicker and easier than before, and they don’t take up as much space as they did on the homepage.
These updates and more are currently being rolled out to the Alexa app on both iOS and Android devices.
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