But Ms Mulheir suggested the authority could go one step further. She continued: “I think not only could we loan out Alexa, I think that probably this technology is becoming so cost-effective, that we could probably say ‘we’re going to give you an Alexa’ to have. “Probably half the properties in Bracknell Forest already have one. Could Amazon Alexas be handed out to Bracknell residents? “Where people don’t have them, I think that from an efficiency point of view, it would be well worth us providing them to some people in the future.” The discussion around voice-activated technology came at a panel review of social isolation and loneliness in Bracknell Forest held last week.