Amazon, the online shopping giant is well known for the voice command featured devices like the Echo, and Echo Dot. The AI voice assistant Alexa found in these devices is truly amazing and now Amazon is making Alexa smarter than it was before by pushing-in three new and best-in-class features as mentioned below.
According to Toms Guide, Amazon will be feeding-in the three killer features in the Alexa soon. The features that will be heading in the Alexa was obtained in a new interview with Backchannel, Amazon VP of Alexa Rohit Prasad teased some of the ways that Alexa is becoming an amazing piece of tech.
Better Conversations: Alexa will be a better voice assistant than today, Alexa will provide follow-up questions other than the answers when asked upon by the users. It is indeed reported to communicate more efficiently and accurately with the user.
"Alexa shouldn't come back and ask you [needless] questions. That would be really frustrating," Prasad told Backchannel. "But Alexa should always ask a question when needed, and the ability to have a conversation is super important as well."
Pro-active notifications: Prasad stated that Alexa will someday be far more intelligent in terms of providing notifications to users even when not ask to it. When asked if Alexa could someday tell the user that he/she is late for an appointment when Alexa hears user moving around the house, Prasad said that it's definitely a possibility
"We've definitely thought about it," said Prasad. "We want to do things right with anything in terms of the kind of notifications you're talking about. But right now I can't reveal our exact approach to that."
Best and Finest Vocabulary: Prasad stated that the team is working on the best and finest vocabulary with which the Alexa can hear and communicate with the user. Alexa is being worked on standardized vocabulary that would work across first-and-third-party apps, that allows users to communicate with Alexa naturally regardless of what app or function the user is trying to access.
It is reported that Amazon and Intel are partnering to develop a powerful Intel-powered smart speaker an all new features in Alexa can be found in these. It also rumored that the two tech giants will develop next-generation Amazon Echo device with interactive touch display which is likely to be equivalent to a mini-computer.
