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Show Mode is rolling out to the Alexa app on select Lenovo laptops.
With Show Mode, Alexa on your laptop acts like an Echo Show.
Amazon calls it a voice-first interactive Alexa experience for PCs.
Select Lenovo laptops can now use Show Mode to turn Alexa into an Echo Show-like device. Amazon calls Show Mode a voice-first, interactive Alexa experience for PCs. Show Mode is only available on select Lenovo Yoga, IdeaPad, and ThinkPad laptops, so you can t just download it for any PC.
With Show Mode, you can use the Alexa app to read trending news stories, listen to music, set timers, and do any of the thousands of commands you d expect from an Alexa device. To activate it, you just need to say Alexa, open Show Mode on a supported device. You can also click the Show Mode button within the Alexa app.
Alexa Show Mode debuts, turns Windows 10 PCs into Echo Show-like displays
May 4, 2021 at 8:26 am News Brief
The news: Amazon on Tuesday unveiled Alexa Show Mode, which turns select Lenovo Windows 10 PCs into Echo Show-like displays. The feature was first unveiled at CES earlier this year and is activated by saying “Alexa, open Show Mode,” or by clicking on the Show Mode button on the Alexa app. It’s part of Amazon’s push to get its Alexa voice technology everywhere, and an expansion of Alexa for PC. It also further signals the fading consumer relevance of Microsoft’s own voice assistant, Cortana. Amazon in March released an “Alexa for Xbox” app.
Amazon’s new Alexa app for Xbox brings visual assistant features to your TV
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Amazon’s new Alexa app on Xbox.
Amazon is launching a new Alexa app for Xbox consoles this week. While you’ve been able to control Alexa from an Xbox for a couple of years now, this dedicated app will provide access to more of the visual parts of Amazon’s digital assistant. That includes being able to see your doorbell camera, reading emails and checking your calendar, and even seeing weather forecasts.
It essentially turns your Xbox into more of an Echo Show-like experience for Alexa. All of the usual Xbox controls are still supported with this new app, including the ability to turn on an Xbox console using a compatible Alexa device.
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