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Amazon Testing New 'Brief Mode' for Alexa, Converts Verbal Responses Into Beeps

Amazon Testing New 'Brief Mode' for Alexa, Converts Verbal Responses Into Beeps 6a1nf

By Ankit Chawla | Updated: 17 March 2018 18:25 IST

Highlights

The Brief Mode has been rolled out to select s
It converts repetitive verbal responses into beeps
The feature is rolling out in Settings on the Alexa app

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Alexa that will apparently replace repetitive replies such as "Okay" with beeps and chimes to denote confirmation. c114x

According to a report by AFTVNews, the new Brief Mode was spotted in the Alexa app. Go to Settings > Alexa Voice Responses > toggle Brief Mode to access the feature which is currently available only for a few s. The report claims that several Reddit s first spotted this feature, which has strangely disappeared since for some of them. It is said that the feature was informed to the s by their Echo devices themselves. "So, I just asked Alexa to turn on my lights, she said 'OK' just like normal, but after that, she said that this would be the last time she would, and that I would hear a beep tone instead on a successful command," said Reddit Aquifel. This seems to be Amazon's first step towards giving numerous repetitive verbal responses a less verbose alternative.

Just last week, Amazon Alexa was updated with a new Follow-Up mode that allows s to make successive requests without having to use the assigned hot word to trigger a response. For instance, the new feature will allow Alexa to continue listening for a successive request after the initial query has been responded to. s will not have to say 'Alexa' or any other selected hot word to their smart speaker in such a case. Notably, the blue light ring on the speaker will stay lit during the course of the five seconds.

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