Tired of talking to Alexa? Try texting her instead – Review Geek

Voice assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant are handy and handy to have on hand. But talking to them isn̵

7;t always convenient. If you prefer Google Assistant, you can type to it, but Alexa users were out of luck. That’s until now – you can now text to Alexa instead of saying a command. That is, if you use an iOS preview.

The Ambient first saw the change, and for now it appears to be an iOS-only test. If you can access the public preview, you should see a new keyboard option when you open the Alexa app.

The company confirmed the test to The Verge, stating:

Typing with Alexa is a public preview feature available to iOS Alexa app customers, allowing you to communicate with Alexa without using voice, meaning anything you can currently say to Alexa can now be typed as well with your Alexa mobile app. Type with Alexa is available to iOS customers in the US.

What’s not clear is how widely the test will be rolled out or when it will come to Android. The ability to type with a voice assistant is not new; you can already type to Google Assistant and Cortana. But so far it was only voice with Alexa.

Hopefully, the feature will be available to more users and platforms soon.

via The Ambient