Amazon Debuts Revamped Alexa App That's Rolling Out to iOS Users Soon

Amazon today unveiled a new version of its Alexa mobile app for iOS and Android users, which as TechCrunch explains, is designed to offer a more personalized experience that provides better instruction on when and how consumers can use Alexa.

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There's a new home screen with a large Alexa button at the top that encourages users to tap the button or say Alexa to get started. Amazon recommends tasks that can help users get more out of Alexa, such as linking a Spotify account or using video call features.

Suggestions are personalized based on how customers have used the app in the past and what Amazon services they take advantage of, such as Amazon Music, Audible, reminders, shopping lists, and more. First time users will see more suggestions and tips on what can be done through the mobile app.

The redesign de-prioritizes the third-party voice apps or skills as many Amazon customers weren't using this feature, and Skills & Games can now be found in the "More" tab alongside Reminders and Routines. Amazon's first-party offerings, like shopping and media playback, are now the focal point of the home screen.

The new Alexa app will be rolling out worldwide over the course of the next month on iOS, Android, and Fire OS devices, and should be available to everyone by late August.

Tags: Amazon, Alexa

Top Rated Comments

Newbie67 Avatar
35 months ago
And remember kids.. when it’s FREE, you’re the product!
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
magicman32 Avatar
35 months ago
And it begins...

I don’t know why I tortured myself even looking at the comments here. I just had to see how deep the faux indignation and hypocrisy ran, and it got off to a great start in the first few comments.

A group that couldn’t be more on the grid, tech savvy people, allegedly, attacking these devices, again. Some probably even Google users, all carrying these personal tracking devices in there pockets and at every corner of the internet they go.

Privacy... in this country... in 2020... God some of you are so cute. The naivety (and aforementioned hypocrisy) is so quaint and adorable.

Ok, well, have at it. I can find my way out.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
C DM Avatar
35 months ago

Jeff can now accurately capture *every* detail of your life! And it's FREE!

And remember kids.. when it’s FREE, you’re the product!

“Alexa, please sell all of my personal information to advertisers and pass the money to Amazon”
Is that really something unusual or new when it comes to many many things on the internet that practically everyone has been using since pretty much the beginning?
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
NickName99 Avatar
35 months ago
“Alexa, please sell all of my personal information to advertisers and pass the money to Amazon”
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
luvbug Avatar
35 months ago
Jeff can now accurately capture *every* detail of your life! And it's FREE!
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ursadorable Avatar
35 months ago
Apple's HomePod has been such a disappointment that I ended up going with Alexa to turn on and off my lights, fans, etc.

Hopefully this version allows for custom alarm tones rather than the MEH ones that it comes with.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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