January 30, 2017 06:46 pm GMT
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You can now tell Alexa to place your Starbucks order for in-store pickup
Pizza isn't the only thing Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can order for you.
Starbucks announced on Monday Echo owners can now enable the "Starbucks Reorder" skill and, with a voice command, tell Alexa to reorder food and beverages for pickup at a preferred store.
As with Alexa's Domino's Pizza skill, placing an order with Alexa voice commands is simple, but limited. You'll only be able to order your pre-selected "usual" order and have them ready for pickup from one of the 10 most recent stores you've ordered from.
But if you're perfectly OK with ordering your fill of extra pumpkin spice lattes six times a day, then who are we to judge? Just don't go overboard with ordering too much caffeine because it's now so easy to do. Read more...
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