Ford adds Alexa voice assistant to new cars

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Ford adds Alexa voice assistant to new cars

“Alexa, what’s the traffic like on my commute?”

That’s something you’ll soon be able to ask in Ford’s newest cars, including the upcoming electric F-150 Lightning pickup and first electric Mustang Mach-E. 

On Thursday, the Michigan-based company announced that Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant would be built into future Ford cars. It’ll be available in all cars, not just those with premium packages. The first three years of the voice system will be free. 

Ford expects to have Alexa available in at least 700,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada by the end of this year. Eventually millions of Ford vehicles will come with it as a standard feature.  Read more…

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