Alexa can notify you when your Amazon packages are out for delivery
Putting all of its other skills and tricks aside, we must never forget that one of Amazon’s primary objectives with the Echo (and Alexa) is to make it dead simple and convenient for you to continually buy more stuff from Amazon. You can place an order in seconds and track it to your doorstep — all just with voice. Echo speakers and the Echo Show can already track incoming deliveries. Just ask “Alexa, where’s my stuff?” And ahead of the company’s made-up holiday shopping extravaganza, Prime Day, on July 11th, Amazon is adding to that functionality slightly; now your Echo will light up a different color when it’s delivery day.
After you’ve checked on an order status, Alexa will ask if you’d like to be notified when the package is out for...