Alexa comes to iOS and Android via Amazon Music app

The integration of Amazon's personal voice assistant Alexa on iOS and Android devices will provide an alternative to using the app interface for browsing Amazon Music's catalogue of 40 million songs.

Subscribers in the UK, USA, Germany and Austria will now be able to select the app's push-to-talk function and search for music based on title, genre, decade, mood or even lyrics, using the power of their own voice.

Amazon says you don't have to be specific with commands, either. So even if you only know a few words of a song, or just know that it's a band's newest release, Alexa should be able to find it.

Becky is a hi-fi, AV and technology journalist, formerly the Managing Editor at What Hi-Fi? and Editor of Australian Hi-Fi and Audio Esoterica magazines. With over twelve years of journalism experience in the hi-fi industry, she has reviewed all manner of audio gear, from budget amplifiers to high-end speakers, and particularly specialises in headphones and head-fi devices.

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