Ku-2014, inkampani kaJeff Bezos, i-Amazon, yethule isikhulumi sokuqala esihlakaniphile emakethe, isikhulumi esingasebenzisana naso njengoba senza namuhla noSiri noma noMsizi weGoogle. Njengoba amamodeli atholakalayo emakethe eguqukile, i-Amazon yethule izinhlelo zokusebenza ku yonke imvelo yeselula.
Ngenxa yohlelo lwe-Alexa, hhayi nje kuphela ukuthi singakwazi ukumisa i-Amazon Echo ehambisanayo, kepha ngemuva kokuvuselelwa kokugcina, singenza futhi izingcingo kwamanye amadivayisi we-Echo, insizakalo yezingcingo kuze kube manje, Ibitholakala kuphela ngamadivayisi we-Amazon.
Kepha lokhu kubuyekezwa kwakamuva kusivumela nokuthi sithumele imiyalezo phakathi kwe-iPad yethu ne-Amazon Echo, kube sengathi uhlelo lokusebenza lwemiyalezo. Yakhelwe ekuqaleni abasebenzisi abane-Amazon Echos eningi, lesi sici senzelwe ukuthumela imiyalezo ngokushesha kwamanye amadivayisi. kube sengathi i-intercom.
Ukuze sisebenzise umsebenzi wezingcingo, kufanele sivule uhlelo lokusebenza futhi sihlanganyele ne-Alexa sengathi siyenza ngqo ngedivayisi ephethwe yi-Alexa, okungukuthi, i-Amazon Echo, ukuze sithi «Alexa, shayela ubaba wami »Ngokushesha ukuqala ucingo oluya e-Amazon Echo ukuthi ubaba wethu kugcine ekhaya.
Ngesonto eledlule, i-Amazon iphoqeleke ukuthi iguqule ukusebenza komsizi we-Alexa, kusukela zisuka nje ngaphandle kwesizathu, abaningi babengama-Amazon Echos aqala ukuhleka, ngezwi lomuntu uqobo okuqale inombolo enkulu yezingcingo eziya ezinsizakalweni eziphuthumayo, ikakhulukazi kubantu abahlala bodwa. Ngokusho kwe-Amazon, inkinga ibingenxa yokuhumusha kabi umsizi, umsizi okuthi uma eceliwe aqale ukuhleka, into esingayitholi kubasizi abaningi abakhona njengamanje emakethe.