On Thursday, Amazon celebrated the 6th anniversary of its voice-controlled smart assistant Alexa in India and also announced that the number of Alexa-connected smart home devices in the country has grown by a staggering 200 percent over the past three years. Over the past three years, with the rise of connected devices, the retail giant has enabled the control of compatible smart home appliances such as smart lights, plugs, fans, TVs, security cameras, air conditioners, water heaters, and air purifiers. We’ve seen requests to Alexa double for .
Additionally, the company noted that its customers in India are moving towards smart homes. Over the past year, the use of Amazon Alexa to control smart fans and smart ACs has surged 37%, the highest growth rate among all smart home appliances.
Amazon also noted that among the most popular requests to Alexa, users can easily make requests in English, Hindi, and Hinglish. This includes “Alexa, turn on the geyser” (Alexa, turn on the geyser), “Alexa, turn off the air conditioner in 15 minutes”, or “Alexa, turn on the room lights” (Alexa, turn on the room lights). Includes commands such as (darken). hole)
“The smart home space has evolved significantly since we launched Alexa and Echo smart speakers in India, and voice technology is playing a huge role in this,” said Parag Gupta, Director and Country Manager, Amazon Devices India. he was reported to have said. News agency IANS.
“Customers can easily set up a smart home by getting compatible smart light bulbs and instantly controlling them with Alexa, or get smart plugs to automate existing home appliances. .It’s clear that more and more people are realizing that setting up a smart home is not as complicated as they imagined.”Gupta added.
Amazon’s anniversary special
Meanwhile, to celebrate Alexa’s 6th anniversary in India, Amazon.in announced discounts of up to Rs 50 on Echo devices, Fire TV, and Alexa smart home bundles. Notable offers include Echo Dot bundle with Wipro smart bulbs at 49% off at Rs 3,899, Echo Pop twin pack with Wipro bulbs at 59% off at Rs 4,898, and the popular Fire TV Stick at 40% off at Rs 2,999. Such as Rs.