Alexa on iOS? Here’s How to Use Amazon’s Assistant on Your Widget and Use it Instead of Siri

Alexa is the new and hip voice assistant in the tech industry now, and the Amazon voice control is available on most devices as long as they are powered by the internet via the smart device. The iPhones that use the latest iOS, even iPads, can get Alexa via the Apple device and it would get prioritized over Siri, the original Apple assistant.

Alexa for the iOS? Here's How to Setup the Amazon Assistant

Amazon Alexa is a service that may provide more or less what Siri can do for the iPhone. However, it cannot access the settings of the iPhone device, and it will only limit itself to what the feature can do, particularly with the connected devices available in the home or with one's self.

Moreover, it can give other features like asking for the weather, dictating the time, and other of its offers.

To set up Alexa, users need to download the "Ask Alexa" app from the App Store for this access. After the download, users can now set up the app to connect to the devices it can control.

After the installation, users can swipe to the leftmost corner which is the known Search page of the iPhone or iPad, which is also available as the Widget center for iOS 14. There, users will see the Alexa app that they can long press to turn into a Widget for the home screen.

Arrange it in one's preferred location and it will be available for access.

How to Do it All also released a tutorial video for this setup, and it presents the step-by-step features of Alexa and other of its offers.

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The only catch here is that you cannot directly talk on your phone to access Alexa, but needs to click the widget to launch the app and continue with the command. Alexa presented itself as a relatable friend in its features as a voice assistant, having a more familiar voice.

Moreover, it can do more like converse with the person and engage in communication.

Amazon's Alexa Voice Assistant

Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is one of the top regarded online services in the world now, and it does not necessarily lie on Amazon products only, as it is available on most devices. There are many commands to use Alexa with, and it may focus on the specific keywords that are circulating in today's generation for easier access.

The only issue for Alexa before was its exclusivity in the United States, but Amazon made sure to branch out its services outside the country in the present. It is slowly expanding its feature to other countries, localizing its service for the access of the people that use it even outside of the US borders for their convenience.

Siri and Alexa are two powerful voice assistants in different accounts, and these boils down to the preference of the user for the service they would use with their device. However, the availability of Alexa via the iPhone is massive for users, but will not be as accessible as Siri can hear a person's voice if activated.

Written by Isaiah Richard