Amazon plans to give Alexa a 'memory'

Amazon has big plans to make Alexa a much more useful assistant.

Among them: The company plans to add a “memory” feature that will allow its assistant to store information on demand. 

The upcoming feature will enable Alexa to “store arbitrary information you want and retrieve it later,” according to Amazon. It’s a bit like reminders, but the information can be stored for an indefinite amount of time.

For example, you could ask Alexa to remember family members’ birthdays or where you parked your car. 

This type of feature, which the company says will start to roll out “soon,” opens up some interesting possibilities for the future as well. If Alexa can remember random bits of information you tell it, then perhaps one day it could proactively act on the details by setting up reminders or other helpful tasks. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Amazon plans to give Alexa a 'memory'