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Old 04-04-2017, 02:15 PM   #1704
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Any Alexa skill can now be used without enabling it first

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Alexa skills are the equivilant of apps for Amazon’s voice assistant, and the company has incrementally been making it easier to use new skills. You first had to use the Alexa app to enable a skill before it could be accessed, but then Amazon added the ability to enable a skill using your voice. Now they’ve taken it a step further by making it possible to simply say “Alexa, open [SKILL NAME]” and it will immediately be available without first having to enable it.

This new capability really just combines two steps into one. Where you used to have to first say “Alexa, enable [SKILL NAME]” followed by “Alexa, open [SKILL NAME],” now Amazon does the first step for you if you ask to open a skill you don’t already have enabled.
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