Alexa gets an iPhone home screen widget even Siri doesn’t have

Amazon has brought Alexa to the iPhone Home Screen with a new widget enabling iOS users to ‘Ask Alexa’ with a single tap.

An update to the Amazon Alexa app gives the assistant a more accessible home on Siri’s territory, without having to enter the Alexa app itself.

The new version, which arrived today, is the closest Alexa users will probably get to native implementation of the assistant on an iOS or iPad OS device.

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