{"id":3510,"date":"2016-05-08T11:43:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T03:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/08\/new-app-lets-you-access-amazons-alexa-on-your-iphone\/"},"modified":"2016-05-08T11:43:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T03:43:31","slug":"new-app-lets-you-access-amazons-alexa-on-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/08\/new-app-lets-you-access-amazons-alexa-on-your-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"New app lets you access Amazon's Alexa on your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve wanted to try out the power of the <\/span>Amazon Echo<\/a> and its virtual assistant <\/span>Alexa<\/a> but haven\u2019t wanted to shell out $180, this new iPhone app is for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Called Lexi<\/a>, the $4.99 app<\/a> (iOS link) uses the Alexa services API in the palm of your hand, no separate device required. The app was first-spotted by The Next Web<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Amazon Echo Dot gives you a voice-controlled smart home for only $90<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I bought the app and setup was very simple. You authenticate using your Amazon account (don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not giving your login information to the app) and then access the features by tapping and holding on the screen and speaking, \u201cLexi, tell me the weather\u201d or \u201cLexi, read me the news.\u201d Lifting your finger off the screen will allow the app to process your voice requests. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about Iphone<\/a>, Ios Apps<\/a>, Amazon Echo<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, and Alexa<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve wanted to try out the power of the Amazon Echo and its virtual assistant Alexa but haven\u2019t wanted to shell out $180, this new iPhone app is for you. Called Lexi, the $4.99 app (iOS link) uses the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2158,1036,2750,830,1386],"class_list":["post-3510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-alexa","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-echo","tag-ios-apps","tag-iphone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}