Amazon announced a major new feature for Alexa as it gears up for the 2020 elections.
In a post publishedon Wednesday,Obsession Archives Amazon announced that Alexa users will be able to donate to presidential candidates through the voice-activated virtual assistant’s Alexa Political Contributionsfeature as early as next month.
SEE ALSO: Now any idiot off the street can answer your dumb Alexa questionsAccording to Amazon, all a user will have to do is say a phrase like “Alexa, I want to make a political contribution” or “Alexa, donate [amount] to [candidate name]” and they can make a contribution of anywhere from $5 to $200 per campaign for each election cycle. Donations are powered by Amazon Pay, which is connected to a user's payment information via their Amazon account.
Candidates running in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections looking to accept political contributions through Alexa can sign upstarting tomorrow. According to Amazon’s onboarding information, it appears that Alexa Political Contributions is currently just open to U.S. presidential candidates.
Candidates must sign up for this feature in order to receive donations. Amazon has also set up a passcode process to avoid unintended contributions from its users.
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