Amazon Alexa Users to Lose Email Access, Third-Party Package Tracking From November 8

Amazon has introduced that Alexa customers will not get electronic mail entry starting subsequent week. Customers won’t be able to hyperlink their Gmail or Microsoft accounts anymore – there isn’t a point out of different electronic mail service suppliers – and any linked account can even be robotically unlinked. Amazon mentions customers won’t be able to browse or handle emails as soon as the performance is eliminated. Amazon has additionally disabled the e-mail package deal monitoring from retailers aside from Amazon, however customers can nonetheless monitor their Amazon deliveries by means of Alexa.

By means of a press launch, Amazon introduced that Alexa clients will not be capable to entry their Gmail or Microsoft electronic mail accounts from Monday, November 8. The e-commerce large did not point out if different electronic mail service suppliers can even be subjected to the change in performance. Customers won’t be able to browse or handle their emails utilizing the voice-assistant.

Amazon stated in its launch that customers can monitor their Amazon deliveries by asking “Alexa, the place’s my stuff?”
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Amazon additionally talked about that electronic mail routines and electronic mail notifications help can even be discontinued on Alexa. Moreover, the voice assistant will not help electronic mail package deal monitoring, for packages arriving from retailers exterior of Amazon. Nevertheless, customers can nonetheless monitor packages of orders positioned on Amazon. Asking “Alexa, the place’s my stuff?” will notify customers about their Amazon deliveries.

Customers should not required to take any motion for this modification within the performance of Alexa. Amazon did point out that if customers have synced a calendar to Alexa, it is going to proceed to operate.

In August, Amazon introduced that customers will be capable to configure the voice of Amitabh Bachchan for Alexa at an introductory worth of Rs. 149 (MRP Rs. 299) per yr. By saying, “Alexa, introduce me to Amitabh Bachchan” will let customers buy the voice pack for Amazon’s voice assistant. This function was first launched in 2019 within the US with the voice of actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson.