Alexa can now play local weather news videos on Echo Shows — no cable subscription required
If you’re of a certain age and / or geographical location, then you likely rely on your local TV news station’s weather forecast. A new feature onlooks set to make it easier to watch these on demand. Amazon has partnered with local news channels to automatically surface their most recent weather news videos when you say “Alexa, what’s the weather?”
I live in a coastal city with frequent hurricane, flood, and severe weather warnings, and our local meteorologists are by far the best source of info for staying safe and dry . But tuning in on the 8s isn’t always feasible , and finding videos on local news station websites can be a pain.fast approaching, I was excited to try this feature out. Unfortunately, it’s not in my city yet.
The videos don’t autoplay, thankfully; I had to tap on one to start playing. It opened in full screen and started with the time-honored few seconds of news anchor banter with the meteorologist before diving into the forecast. On some videos it wasn’t immediately clear when the video was from — a time stamp would be helpful here.
You can also access the videos without voice by tapping the Alexa weather widget, which brings up the same screen. . Sveum says the local weather news videos feature is live on Echo Show 8, Echo Show 10, Echo Show 15, and Fire TV Omni QLED Series devices, and is rolling out to Echo Show 5 devices.
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