Amazon taught Alexa to answer in silence

Amazon is testing a new " short mode " for its voice assistant Alexa. Now, instead of words, she can respond with sound signals.

What changed

Alexa became less talkative and   now responds to   Some questions that require a one-word answer (for example, " good " ), a sound signal.

Apparently , the new function is being tested, since it appeared only in   some device owners. Voice signals instead of the usual voice Alexa noticed the users of Reddit. AT   companies are also silent and   did not   comment on their innovation.

It seems that now Alexa will keep quiet instead of frightening the owners of the Echo speakers with their eerie laughter   nights. TO   word, this problem has already been solved by changing the laughter of the voice assistant with   loud " ha-ha " on   muffled " hee-hee " and   changing the team with   " Alex, laugh " at the   " Alexa, can you laugh? "

A   earlier Alexa has learned to execute several teams on   queue and   send SMS messages using voice commands.

Source: Mashable