Alexa can now speak Spanish in the United States

You can now speak Spanish to your Alexa-enabled devices in the United States. While Alexa has previously replied, "Sorry, I don't understand," she will now be able to respond to Spanish voice commands and respond to Español.

Amazon teaches Alexa to speak Spanish in the United States

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In 2018, it took longer before Amazon taught Alexa how to speak Spanish. But it has finally happened.

In April 2019, Amazon announced that Alexa would soon be able to speak Spanish. In reality, the company had asked the developers to "start building skills for Spanish-speaking customers in the United States […] with the new Spanish for American voting model."

How to Start Speaking Spanish to Alexa

With these skills after becoming certified, Alexa can now speak Spanish in the United States. According to the Amazon blog, support for Spanish speakers goes deep, so it's a "whole new Spanish voice, local knowledge, hundreds of skills and more."

There is also a new multilingual mode that allows users to switch seamlessly between Spanish and English. When enabled, if you ask Alexa a question in Spanish, she will answer in Spanish, but if you ask Alexa a question in English, she will answer in English.

"Alexa, ¡Hola!" @ alexa99 US customers can now access Spanish language and multilingual mode on supported Echo and Alexa embedded devices. https://t.co/BhmiJY8A1Gebrit19659013??— Amazon News (@amazonnews) October 11, 2019

If you want to start speaking Spanish to Alexa and get her to answer in kind, switch to " Español (Estados Unidos) ”in the Alexa app. Or alternatively, enable multilingual mode, which will be especially useful for multilingual households.

As a bonus for Spanish speakers in the US, Amazon has added a number of Latin playlists to Amazon Music. These include a playlist full of urban artists and a playlist packed with dance songs. All this you can ask Alexa to play in Spanish.

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