Monday, 2 April 2018

You can now donate to charity by asking Amazon’s Alexa to send money

You can now donate to charity with your voice by asking Amazon’s Alexa. Today, the tech giant announced a new feature called Alexa Donations, powered by Amazon Pay. Now, you can just say, “Alexa, donate $10 to UNICEF USA,” or any supported charity of your choice. Alternatively, you can say, “Alexa, make a donation,” and Alexa will ask you to pick a charity and dollar amount. Then, it uses your Amazon account payment info to complete the transaction.

Currently, users can only choose from 48 charities and nonprofits, including more commonly known ones like the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society to internet-oriented groups like the Tor Project, Wikimedia Foundation, and the media site ProPublica. Amazon noted in a press...

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/2/17188168/amazon-alexa-echo-donate-charity-voice

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https://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2018/04/you-can-now-donate-to-charity-by-asking.html

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