On Tuesday, Amazon turned on a text messaging feature for the Amazon Echo and other Alexa devices. If you have an Android phone, you can set it up by opening the Alexa app and following the prompts.

Got an Android phone and an Amazon Echo device? You can now tell Alexa to fire off a text to one of your contacts. Ry Crist Former Senior Editor / Reviews - Labs Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry ...

Alexa isn't privy to all your mobile doings quite like other virtual assistants Google Now or Siri, but with this skill, you can use the connected speaker to send your friends short text messages when ...

Amazon's digital assistant Alexa is on the receiving end of a new ability: SMS support. With this, Alexa users located in the US can now use their smart speaker to send a text message to one of their ...

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa is becoming very skillful these days. She can buy stuff, she can find a lost phone, she can turn on the oven. Now, she can even text people. AT&T announced a new Alexa ...

You probably don’t want to give your toddler a cell phone, but sending a message to your child at home between meetings or getting that all-important “Where are the Cheerios?!” message via text rather ...

Amazon’s digital brain, Alexa, can already make calls and now she can send text messages too. Users can now ask Alexa to send a message to a friend, and the virtual assistant will figure out the best ...

Alexa’s on a quite a roll of late. Amazon’s AI assistant is adding new skills all the time, and this week the company’s adding one of its highest profile partners. On November 19, Alexa will get the ...

A new voice app from a Y Combinator-backed startup called Life Bot wants to make it easier to use Amazon Alexa as a digital assistant, by aiding with your daily routines and learning your personal ...

Amazon’s Alexa has executed a surprise takeover of the smart home industry since the launch of the Echo a few years ago, but now the company is opening up Alexa’s technology for other applications.