Chennai: Amazon India announced the third anniversary of Alexa in India. It also said Tamilnadu is among the top five States of Alexa-powered Echo users in India and Chennai tops the number of users in the State.
Puneesh Kumar, country leader for Alexa, Amazon India, said, ‘It is heart-warming to see users across the length and breadth of the country across age groups find value and adopt Alexa in their daily lives.
For us it’s always day one as we learn from our customers and continue to add new features, improving Alexa’s understanding on topics that matter to users locally’.
A press release said, customers spoke with Alexa throughout the day, from playing music, managing to-do lists, setting alarms, telling kids’ stories, controlling smart lights and appliances, to playing their Kindle and Audible audiobooks to asking for the weather, cricket scores, and other real-time information.
Millions of customers accessed Alexa on a variety of smart devices besides Echo smart speakers. These include headphones, smart speakers, fitness trackers, vacuum cleaners, Smart TVs, laptops, and much more.
Leading brands in India now offer Alexa built-in phones that let you activate Alexa by saying the wake word, even when the phone is locked.
Diverse music such as Shree Hanuman Chalisa, Shaitan Ka Saala, and Baby Shark are amongst the top five most requested songs.
Alexa users across the country increased and came in equal numbers from metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore as well as non-metro cities like Coimbatore, Namakkal, and Karur, the release added.