You can now ask Amazon Echo's Alexa to track your packages
“Alexa, where’s my stuff?”
In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Amazon Echo users can now ask Alexa for tracking updates on packages from, of course, Amazon.
The Echo smart speaker's voice-assistant Alexa can now field questions related to any items you’ve ordered off its site, without needing to grab your phone or computer to check a package's whereabouts.
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While package tracking is a natural, seemingly obvious move for the company, it’s an important one too. Amazon is not only making the Echo a hub to get whatever you need on demand, from news updates to an Uber and Domino’s pizza, it's also bringing its Prime membership capabilities into the physical home.
You can listen to Prime Music directly via the device, add Amazon items to your cart (that you ordered through Prime) and now, keep tabs on those incoming deliveries.
The update, which is available now, only works with Amazon-purchased items, so you won't be able to track packages from third-party companies like UPS or FedEx.
But it's clear Amazon is making it incredibly easy for Echo users to get what they want in one spot, an effort others in the smart home space could certainly learn from.
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