Alexa to summon the Queen as Amazon Echo airs Christmas broadcast
by Alex Hern UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#5BVFJ)
Users of smart speakers around the world can hear monarch's speech without lifting a finger
Fans of the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast will be able to listen without lifting a finger - and not just because the TV's been tuned to BBC One since The Gruffalo at 8.55am. Alexa users will be able to summon Her Majesty into their living rooms from 3pm GMT with the words Alexa, play the Queen's Christmas Day message".
The privilege isn't reserved just for Brits. Anyone with their Amazon Echo set to English - be that British, American, Australian, Canadian or Indian - will be able to listen to the speech, Amazon has announced.
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