After a while away from the news, Amazon's personal assistant gained news. The company reported that new features of Routines were implemented in Alexa. The changes are now available to be accessed by users.
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It will now be possible to share Routines through links. The custom actions option is another device innovation. It allows users to add new interactions and specific activities to Alexa's programmed routines.
The Alexa Routines feature allows you to configure various software functions through shortcuts. In this way, interactions with the assistant can be automated and facilitated.
To understand better, here is an example:
Suppose that every morning the user programs Alexa to listen to a certain song. Then ask to listen to the day's news headlines and give the command to turn on the lights.
Through the Routine tool, it is possible to do all this with just one command: “Alexa, start my day”.
With Amazon's update, users can turn the routine into a shareable link. See how to do it:
Afterwards, the recipient just clicks on the link and follows the instructions that the application itself provides. It is worth mentioning that it is possible to customize shortcuts and select own smart devices.
The other novelty announced by Amazon has new commands that can be added to Routines. The addition, in this case, can be done by typing.
You can write: “set timer start to 20 minutes”. Okay, the command was inserted into the routine in a simple and practical way.
To customize, just follow these steps:
Ready, add whatever you want to your scheduled tasks in the personal assistant.