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Amazon’s Alexa can now act on its own hunches to turn off lights and more – The Verge
Amazon is upgrading Alexa’s existing “hunches” ability to be proactive, allowing the assistant complete common tasks without needing your permission. Amazon is…

New updates bring proactive hunches and Guard Plus to the smart assistant
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Amazon is enabling a new feature today that allows Alexa to proactively complete tasks around the house, such as turning off lights, based on your habits and frequent requests.
Alexa has been able to sense these habits and ask about them since 2018 the company calls them hunches but before this update, Alexa would ask permission before acting on something like lowering the thermostat before…
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