"Alexa, what's the news?": Amazon speaker brings Radio 24 and -Argovia

With the voice commands "Alexa, give me the latest news" or "Alexa, give me today's news summary", users of the Amazon SmartSpeaker Alexa can now call up the latest news from Radio Argovia and Radio 24 around the clock. In order to use the additional function, users simply need to activate the Radio 24 or Radio Argovia skills in the Alexa app.

The future is acoustic

Florian Wanner, Managing Director Radio, AZ Medien, is convinced: "The digital world is increasingly developing into a medium that can be experienced audiovisually. Audio contributions - such as podcasts - are now consumed worldwide and are very popular."Spoken language is therefore increasingly taking center stage and voice assistants will also become more and more important as this development progresses. "In the future, smart speakers will be found in every household," Wanner is certain. "We were one of the first Swiss media companies to recognize this development and are responding to it."

Smart speakers are on the rise

Smart speakers such as Alexa are on the rise worldwide. These are intelligent speakers that are connected to the internet and can be controlled via voice commands. For example, users can manage their calendar or play music, and if the device is equipped with additional functions, known as skills, smart speakers can play a wide range of information obtained from the internet directly and acoustically.