Indians Interacted With Alexa 68% More in 2021
2 years, 10 months ago

Indians Interacted With Alexa 68% More in 2021

News 18  

With almost 50 per cent customers from non-metro cities, the number of requests to Alexa in 2021 increased by 68 per cent since the previous year, Amazon India said on Tuesday. “We are constantly working to make Alexa more useful and delightful for customers in India with launches such as our most advanced Echo Show 10 with intelligent motion, India’s first celebrity voice with Amitabh Bachchan, and the Mahindra XUV700 vehicle with Alexa built-in," Puneesh Kumar, Country Leader for Alexa, Amazon India, said in a statement. As the Alexa smart home selection increased by 72 per cent year-over-year with new products from brands like Xiaomi, OnePlus, Hindware, and Atomberg, Alexa responded to over 2.6 lakh requests for controlling smart home appliances every day. From sports, movie dialogs, and word definitions to tough math problems, weather, and the latest stock market updates, customers quizzed Alexa with around 1.7 lakh questions every day.

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