Electronics retailer Best Buy, considered an Amazon competitor, will sell a limited selection of products through Amazon's Alexa:
In an odd turn for retail cooperation, Best Buy is now available on Alexa, Amazon's voice-powered digital assistant. Starting today, you can learn about and order Best Buy's Deal of the Day sales just by saying, "Alexa, talk to Best Buy." Sure, it seems odd to have a competing service on Amazon's own devices, but as the blog post from Best Buy points out, the big box store has been selling Amazon Alexa devices in a special section in about 700 of its stores earlier this year.
Best Buy is only the latest retailer to jump on the voice-shopping trend, too. Walmart and Target both offer home shopping via Google Assistant.
Also at CNET and eSellerCafe.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday November 06 2017, @03:25PM (1 child)
I haven't shopped at WorstBuy since the middle 00s. Just one more reason to not have a spy in my kitchen.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @07:20PM
The best part is how Alexa will badger you every day to get the extended warranty plan for "just a few dollars more".