Amazon has introduced that Alexa customers will not get e-mail entry starting subsequent week. Users will be unable to hyperlink their Gmail or Microsoft accounts anymore – there isn’t a point out of different e-mail service suppliers – and any linked account may also be routinely unlinked. Amazon mentions customers will be unable to browse or handle emails as soon as the performance is eliminated. Amazon has additionally disabled the e-mail bundle monitoring from retailers other than Amazon, however customers can nonetheless monitor their Amazon deliveries by Alexa.

Through a press launch, Amazon introduced that Alexa prospects will not be capable of entry their Gmail or Microsoft e-mail accounts from Monday, November 8. The e-commerce big did not point out if different e-mail service suppliers may also be subjected to the change in performance. Users will be unable to browse or handle their emails utilizing the voice-assistant.

Amazon mentioned in its launch that customers can monitor their Amazon deliveries by asking “Alexa, where’s my stuff?”
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Amazon additionally talked about that e-mail routines and e-mail notifications assist may also be discontinued on Alexa. Furthermore, the voice assistant will not assist e-mail bundle monitoring, for packages arriving from retailers exterior of Amazon. However, customers can nonetheless monitor packages of orders positioned on Amazon. Asking “Alexa, where’s my stuff?” will notify customers about their Amazon deliveries.

Users aren’t required to take any motion for this variation within the performance of Alexa. Amazon did point out that if customers have synced a calendar to Alexa, it can proceed to perform.

In August, Amazon introduced that customers will be capable of configure the voice of Amitabh Bachchan for Alexa at an introductory worth of Rs. 149 (MRP Rs. 299) per 12 months. By saying, “Alexa, introduce me to Amitabh Bachchan” will let customers buy the voice pack for Amazon’s voice assistant. This function was first launched in 2019 within the US with the voice of actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson.