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Coolpad Smartphones to Get Amazon Alexa Voice in India

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By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 28 February 2018 18:25 IST

Highlights

Coolpad Group has announced Amazon Alexa on its devices
Coolpad Cool Play 6, Note 5, Note 5 Lite will get Alexa via OTA update
Future Coolpad smartphones will get the voice assistant pre-installed

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Select Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona on Wednesday announced the Alexa integration. 6h21

With Alexa integration, Coolpad smartphone s will be able to use their voice to perform certain tasks such as play their favourite music tracks or shop from Amazon.in. s will also be able to access information about weather, calendar, and to-do lists, or listen to the latest news briefings directly using the Alexa app. Notably, the same Alexa integration is already available in the US, though Coolpad has become the first Amazon Exclusive smartphone brand in India to natively offer Alexa on its smartphones.

"We are working to immerse more AI and tech into smartphones to make the experience more intelligent, friendly, and beneficial for the customers. Incorporating Alexa in Coolpad smartphones is one such step in that direction," said Syed Tajuddin, CEO, Coolpad India, in a press statement.

The latest development emerges just brought voice command to Android devices in a handful of markets, including the US, UK, , and Austria. That brought access to Alexa skills and enabled s to control music playback as well as send messages using their voice commands. But the didn't include "Alexa" hotword functionality that you can use on Echo speakers to activate the voice assistant.

Earlier on Wednesday, Coolpad also announced its partnership with use the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear platforms to develop its wearables such as smartwatches for kids and smart trackers for pets, elderly, and valuable assets.

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