Chatting with Amazon Alexa doesn’t always produce the most seamless conversations. When she’s not ignoring you altogether, or laughing at you, she always requires you to preface your questions before she’ll actually give you an answer. And let’s be honest — it can be oh so exhausting to constantly say “Alexa” before starting every request or inquiry. But luckily, it seems as though we can finally rid ourselves of this first-world problem, as Alexa is making it easier for you to ask follow-up questions without saying her name again.
Currently available on all Alexa-enabled devices, including the Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Spot, this follow-up mode only works if Alexa is absolutely “confident you’re speaking to her,” Amazon says. So be sure to ask your follow-ups quickly — you have just five seconds between the end of Alexa’s response and the start of your follow-up to hold the smart assistant’s attention. You can tell whether or not
In order to get this functionality to work, you’ll actually have to turn on follow-up mode for Alexa. As Amazon notes in its customer service page regarding this new feature, you’ll need to go to your
There are a number of situations in which Alexa will not remain active. If audio is playing (which is to say there’s music, an audiobook, or a call going on),
