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Indians Said 'I Love You' To Alexa 19,000 Times/Day In 2020: Amazon

Marking Alexa's third anniversary in India, Amazon has revealed that interaction to its virtual assistant increased by 67% in 2020. Interestingly, the number of Indians saying "I love you" to Alexa raised by 1,200% from 2019, counting to 19,000 times per day. Moreover, customers from non-metro cities too accounted for over 50% of users. Amazon India’s Puneesh Kumar said, "It is heartwarming to see users...adopt Alexa in their daily lives.”… read-more

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 - 04:07 PM / by Harsh Vardhan

Tags: Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Puneesh Kumar, Virtual Assistant

Courtesy: Business Insider

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Amazon Alexa To Provide Live Translation Including Hindi In US

With Amazon Alexa's new update, users from the US can translate conversations live in Hindi from English. Reportedly, with the new feature, Amazon 'echo' users can translate conversations to English from five other languages - Italian, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and French - as well. Moreover, Amazon's 'Echo Show' device will provide an on-screen transcript of the translation. Earlier, Google had also revealed similar AI-based… read-more

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 - 01:29 PM / by Sakshi Amrutkar

Tags: Amazon Alexa, Echo Device, Live Translation

Courtesy: NDTV