Amazon Introduces Male Voice In Alexa, On Its 5th Anniversary

 Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant device has completed 5 years in India. On this occasion, the company has integrated male voices too in the devices.

Amazon said on Thursday that users in India would be able to choose between Alexa’s original voice and a new, more masculine-sounding voice for the first time. Alexa has now been available in India for five years.

In a statement announcing the achievement, Amazon claimed that millions of customers in India have bought Echo devices.

“Indian users will be able to choose between Alexa’s original voice and a newly masculine-sounding voice for the first time. The brand-new voice may react in both Hindi and English “The declaration read.

By saying “Alexa, change your voice” on an Echo device or using the Alexa app and choosing Alexa’s voice in the particular device settings, users can alter Alexa’s voice.

“Requests to Alexa on devices like the Echo Smart Speakers, Amazon Shopping App, Fire TV, and numerous other brands’ Alexa-enabled products surged by 37% in 2022 compared to 2021, making it a household name across the nation. 

The Amazon Shopping App (for Android only) was where most new consumers began their Alexa journey, which contributed to a year-over-year growth in monthly active users of over 55% “It read.

“Over the past five years, our goal has been to build Alexa in India and for Indians, and I firmly believe that our story is a microcosm of the development of ambient computing in this nation. 

Our goal as we move forward is to create fresh entertainment, productivity, and information access experiences that are enabled by speech, touch, motion, and vision “, stated Dilip R.S., Country Manager – Alexa, Amazon India.

The new voice has Hindi and English linguistic capabilities. According to the business, consumers can ask Alexa to change her voice by asking “Alexa, change your voice.” “by choosing Alexa’s voice in the specific device settings on the Echo device or from the Alexa app.

Users will be able to ask queries in English, Hindi, and Hinglish by using any of the wake words, such as Alexa, Echo, Computer, and Amazon.

Also, the business noted that in 2022, requests for music through Alexa surged by almost 53% as a result of users streaming music from services like Amazon Prime Music, Spotify, JioSaavn, and Apple Music.

The number of requests to Alexa to control smart home equipment surged by 515 percent.

The company also disclosed that users are increasingly asking Alexa queries like “Alexa, how are you” (31,680 times per day) and “Alexa, I love you” (21,600 times per day), a rise of 214% and 277%, respectively.