Amazon admitted Developer conference “Alexa Live 2020” already known that they are working on it Control smartphone apps by voice command. Alexa Hands-Free for the Alexa app was recently introduced for this purpose, and current OnePlus smartphones can also be addressed system-wide using the trigger word.
Already known at the time: TikTok short video service is to be part of the start of the Alexa app control on the smartphone. With deep links it is not only possible to open specific apps by voice, but also to trigger functions of the app. In the case of TikTok, for example, this would be triggering a recording.
The. Also stands for German users TikTok Alexa Skill for the smartphone is now ready and is intended to help “find and discover content, check news and start recording”. The skill is initiated via the command “Alexa, open the TikTok skill”. You can get an overview of all possible commands and functionality using “Alexa, ask TikTok for help”.
TikTok already describes the following functions for the skill description:
Search for content:
“Alexa, tell TikTok: search for …”
“… puppies!”
“… cat videos!”
“… birthday songs.”
“… the user Mister Orange!”
„… der Powerplay-Challenge.“
Discover challenges
“Alexa, ask TikTok about today’s challenge.”
Play videos
“Alexa, tell TikTok to play videos for me.” (Or say: “Open TikTok” on the phone)
Open the camera page
“Alexa, tell TikTok to open my camera.”
Start recording
“Alexa, tell TikTok to start spinning.”
Check messages
“Alexa, ask TikTok about my direct messages!”
Check notifications
“Alexa, ask TikTok about my notifications.”
Find out how you can do good with TikTok
“Alexa, make the world a better place with TikTok.”
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Amazon wants to gain a foothold on smartphones with Alexa. TikTok is likely to be just one of many app providers in the future that will give its app the option of voice control. How useful the whole thing is and whether this will prevail – especially on the basis of user feedback – show.
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