Alexa gets a British accent with Amazon Echo launch in UK and Germany

LONDON — Alexa, Amazon's personal assistant, is going global.

The company debuted her British and German accents as it announced that the Echo — the speaker/microphone connected to Alexa — will be available in the two countries in the autumn.

At a press conference, Amazon showed off Alexa's new accent. She's been programmed to give fairly natural-sounding responses to typical British obsessions — the weather, the commute, football scores, proper-sized pints.

She even made a Monty Python gag: "Alexa, this is a dead parrot," she was asked.

"No it isn't, it's just pining for the fjords," Alexa correctly responded. Read more...