You Can Now Download the Amazon Alexa App on Windows 10

Amazon Alexa has been out there on some Windows ten laptops, however beginning these days, anyone with a Windows ten computer will transfer the Alexa app from the Microsoft Store.

Alexa on your desktop or portable computer works a lot of an equivalent means it will on your Echo good speakers: you raise Alexa what the weather is, tell it to manage your good lights, and play some music from Amazon Music — if you take that. If your portable computer or table has support for awakening for Cortana commands, you'll be able to additionally use Alexa to wake your computer up for commands.

Speaking of Cortana, Amazon and Microsoft collaborated on desegregation the 2 good assistants. Users may (and still can) launch Cortana, then raise Cortana to grant Alexa a command. That’s not departure, however with Alexa out there as associate degree app that anyone may transfer on any portable computer or desktop, it’s laborious to imagine that feature are going to be used a lot of going forward. an equivalent integration let Alexa users raise to grant Cortana a command, however it’s laborious to imagine anyone truly doing that.

Amazon notes that the expertise of victimization Alexa on a computer isn’t too totally different compared to victimization it on alternative platforms, however it’s attending to add PC-specific capabilities to the voice assistant in early 2019. It’s anyone’s guess on what those area unit, however we should always ascertain in time.