Amazon Alexa got his first celebrity voice in India.
The company added the sound of Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan to various devices or an Amazon shopping application in India.
Users will be able to interact with Amazon’s Smart Voice Assistant and listen to Amitabh Bachchan on various topics.
Below is all the details: Do I need to pay to listen to the sound of Amitabh Bachchan in Alexa? Yes, this is a paid feature.
Echo users must subscribe to Amitabh Bachchan’s voice in Alexa.
It is available at an introductory price of Rs 149 for a year.
How to activate Amitabh Bachchan’s voice on Alexa? The user must say “Alexa, introduced me to Amitabh Bachchan” to start a purchase.
Next, they can interact with Bachchan’s voice using Wake Word ‘Amit Ji’.
According to Amazon, users can choose to add Bachchan’s voice to Alexa on an ECHO device or by pressing the MIC icon in the Amazon shopping application (Android only).
What content users will get access to the sound of Amitabh Bachchan in Alexa? According to Amazon, users will get access to selected content themselves, which include stories from their lives, poetry choices by their father, twister tongue, motivational quotes, and again.
In addition, customers can also ask for music, set alarms and get weather updates in the Bachchan signature style.
“Working with Amazon to introduce my voice in Alexa is a new experience in bringing together the wonders of artistic sound technology and creativity.
I am happy that my sympathizers can now interact with me through this new media, and I hope to hear how they feel about this,” said Amitabh Bachchan.
This is not the first time Amazon tied with celebrities for Amazon Alexa.
Amazon introduced a celebrity sound program in December last year in the US with Samuel L Jackson.