Alexa will allow group calls and video calls so you can create groups from your mobile. This Christmas promises to be very different from all the ones we have known. COVID-19 is going to change our habits by making calls and video calls more important than ever. This is why Amazon has added a new feature to Alexa to make group calls and video calls.
Alexa is one of the most used virtual assistants and one of the possibilities it offers is to make calls to the contacts in our agenda by simply dictating the appropriate voice command. Now, with this new feature, we can create a group and initiate a call or a video call to all members.
Alexa will allow group calls and video calls
Group calls are not new, as they were introduced by Amazon back in September. But it is now, on the eve of 2021, that this option will reach Amazon’s virtual assistant.
Once a group, family, for example, has been created, it is enough to say “Alexa, call the family”. We can create as many groups as we want with the members of our agenda and use to call a speaker or a speaker with a screen. Bearing in mind that a camera will be needed to make the video calls, which eliminates the Echo speakers from this possibility. It is also curious that group calls from the mobile are not allowed.
How to create a group in the Alexa app?
To create a family group with Alexa, you can use the application on your mobile and you will only need to have contacts who have an Amazon account.
You must click on the “Communication” icon at the bottom of the screen and then, in the upper right-hand corner, click on the icon that offers access to our profile. You will see in that same place, a three-point menu to click on and the next screen. You will click on “Add Group”.
In the new window, we will have the option to activate the “Group calls” and once active we only have to give a name to the group created and click on “Create Group” at the bottom of the screen.
At any time, we can add or remove members of the group we have created in the same menu, and we can also give the order “Alexa, call the group XXXX” to be able to contact our loved ones remotely.
