Samsung wearables are definitely a popular choice with us and many of our readers. We probably were the first blog to follow every step of Tizen in smartwatches. Initially, the devices came with Samsung S-Voice, but now Samsung is Introducing Bixby to their wearables. But what if you wanted Amazon Alexa on your Samsung Smartwatch? You were out of luck, until now!
Amazon Alexa comes to Samsung smartwatches
You can actually use Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant on your Samsung smartwatch now. XDA Member
This is a standalone Alexa app that does not need your smartphone but does need some sort of Internet access. To make it work you only need a Amazon account. In order to have fast access to it, you can assign it to a double press of the home button and you are away.
What can you do? Well, you can theoretically do “most” of the things you can normally do with the official Alexa App or an Amazon Echo device. You can not make calls to Echo devices, which would have been GREAT. I suppose I will have to experiment with what can and can be done.
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Installing Voice In a Can Amazon Alexa App
There was a short Beta trial for the App that started last month but has now ended. You can find the app in the Galaxy Store by following this link.
Once Installed you need to enter a URL on your desktop. Go to the URL that is displayed on your watch. In my case, as I live in the UK, it is https://amazon.com/gb/code, the country portion of the URL will be different for you ie US/ IT/ NL etc.
How to Assign Alexa to a hardware button
If you would like to assign Voice In a Can Alexa App to a hardware button, replacing Bixby, you can do the following:
Swipe from the top -> Select Settings -> Advanced -> Double press home key -> Select VoiceInACan.
