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2:08 PM December 19, 2020
The Queen s Christmas message this year is likely to focus heavily on the nation s response to coronavirus pandemic.
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Norfolk families first listened on the radio, then watched on TV, now this year the Queen s Christmas message is available through Alexa smart devices for the first time.
The annual Christmas Day tradition, which began with a radio broadcast by George V in 1932, will allow users to ask voice- assistant Alexa controlled Amazon Echo speakers to play the speech in full for the first time.
From 3pm on December 25, people will be able to say Alexa, play the Queen s Christmas Day message or Alexa, play Queen Elizabeth s Christmas Day message .
The Queen’s Christmas message is to be made available through Alexa smart devices this year, Amazon has announced.
The annual Christmas Day tradition, which began with a radio broadcast by George V in 1932, will allow users to ask voice-controlled assistant Alexa to play the speech in full for the first time.
From 3pm on Christmas Day, people will be able to say “Alexa, play the Queen’s Christmas Day message” or “Alexa, play Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas Day message”.
It will work on Amazon Echo speakers across the Commonwealth and beyond which have language settings as either British English, as well as American, Australian, Canadian or Indian varieties of English.
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The 94-year-old British monarch is officially scheduled to release her annual speech for the upcoming festive season on Amazon s cloud-based voice service this year. Dec 20, 2020
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Queen Elizabeth s annual Christmas speech will be available on Amazon s Alexa devices this year (20).
The 94-year-old royal s special message will be heard for the first time on the cloud-based voice service on 25 December - eight years after Amazon Kindle users were able to read the speech on the firm s e-readers after it was broadcast.
Alexa Europe director
Eric King said, After a challenging year, millions of people from across the Commonwealth will be eagerly awaiting Her Majesty the Queen s message on Christmas Day.