Alexa may be key to Amazon’s looming domination of the healthcare market


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 18 Jul 2019

The updated Echo Dot, is displayed in Amazon's Day 1 building in Seattle on September 20, 2018. (GRANT HINDSLEY/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) *FOR USE WITH THIS STORY ONLY*

Alexa, how do I become a healthcare player? 

Amazon announced its latest move in this direction last week by introducing a feature that allows British users of its Alexa digital assistant to ask for medical advice, with answers provided by Britain’s National Health Service. For example: “Alexa, how do I treat a migraine?” 

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