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INTRODUCTION It is possible for you to add Amazon Alexa as your main voice assistance on Android phones. The company has set ‘Google assistant’ as the primary voice assistant on Android phones, but if you are not happy with the functioning of Google Assistant, then you can replace it with Amazon Alexa.
ECHO DOT SETUP Did you know that you could set Amazon Alexa as a default voice assistant on your Android phone? If not, then this blog post will guide you regarding that process. I’m sure that most people don’t know about this particular aspect of Amazon Alexa, but after reading this post, they will be rightfully informed.
AMAZON ECHO SUPPORT When you set Amazon Alexa as the default voice assistant, then it is going to replace Google Assistant, so if you press and hold the home button, then it won’t be Google Assistant that is going to appear, but it’ll be Amazon Alexa. You can command Alexa to order things from Amazon, call friends or perform a boatload of other tasks that you would have done using Amazon Echo.
SUPPORT FOR AMAZON ECHO The world is full of tech geeks, and these geeks keep things interesting for everybody because they know ways to get more out of a product. If you were already using Amazon Echo to perform your day-to-day tasks, then things will change for you after you replace Google Assistant with Amazon Alexa on your Android Phone.
ALEXA DOT SETUP Now, you must be eager to know how to add Alexa into the Android phone instead of Google Assistant. Well, here are the steps that you can follow to get Alexa on your Android phone. Note: The following steps are for any Android phone except Samsung
• The first thing that you will have to do is download
Amazon Alexa app from Google Play Store. • Once downloaded and installed, open the app and
sign into your Amazon account. • Open settings on your Android smartphone. • In the settings menu, you will have to tap ‘apps’. • Then, there will be an option named ‘default apps’
which you need to tap.
AMAZON ECHO SETUP • Choose the option named
‘assist and voice input’. • There will be two options
there, Google Assistant and Alexa, so choose Alexa.
HERE ARE THE STEPS FOR A SAMSUNG ANDROID SMARTPHONE: • Download Alexa app from Google Play Store. • Now, open the settings of your phone. • Tap ‘advanced features’, under which you are going
to see an option named ‘device assistance app’. Select this option. • Choose ‘Alexa’, and your voice assistant will change
from Google Assistant to Alexa.
After performing the steps, you are going to see a prompt showing whether you need to talk to Alexa instead of Google Assistant. It is going to ask for your permissions, so tap ‘allow’, as that will make a clear way for Alexa to hear your requests, message and call family members, control devices that are connected with the apps. Moreover, you can get results based on your current location.
The ability to add Amazon Alexa on Android phone shows the flexibility of Android OS. You can’t expect the same flexibility in Apple iPhone because those are designed in such a way that only their software programs will run on the phones. But, Android has provided its users with an opportunity to play with their OS and add 3rd party software programs.