#Fire hd 8 with alexa Bluetooth#
Additionally, the feature can be helpful for customers who prefer to interact with Alexa without speaking.įor the first time, customers can use Tap to Alexa with a compatible Bluetooth switch to navigate and interact with their Fire tablet, which can be helpful for individuals with limited mobility. With its new availability on Fire tablet, this can be especially useful for customers with speech and/or mobility disabilities and who prefer using devices with more portability like Edwin, who mounts his tablet to his wheelchair. Tap to Alexa, previously only available on Echo Show devices, provides on-screen tiles to allow quick access to common requests, like setting an alarm or playing music. Amazonīringing Tap to Alexa to more devices, and adding new functionality Tap to Alexa is now available for All-New Fire HD 8 tablets including the Kids versions. Today, with Tap to Alexa on Echo devices and Fire HD 8 tablets, Amazon is making Alexa more accessible for customers like Edwin. While Alexa has helped improve Edwin’s independence, he wishes there was a simpler way for people with speech disabilities to use it. Edwin has a speech disability, so he has needed to take multiple steps to work around voice assistants not understanding his commands for example, he uses the Alexa app to control some devices around his home while asking his caregivers to engage with Alexa to manage other tasks. “Memories of the past have faded as voice assistants, the internet, and apps have opened up a world of controlling my home environment, and the work that I do today,” explained Edwin. Now, at 61 years old, Edwin loves using his smart home devices to support his independence. However, beyond supporting his mobility, technology largely hadn’t yet evolved to meet his needs and he heavily relied on family caregivers to assist him. In those early years, the 1980s, Edwin benefited from new power wheelchair technology that allowed him to independently drive his wheelchair using a sip-and-puff straw. When Edwin was 19 years old, he had a spinal cord injury that resulted in paralysis from the neck down and the need to use a ventilator.
However, today Amazon announced it will now be available on the All-New Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet series. This functionality has only been available on Echo devices like the Echo Show Smart Displays. By using the finger icon on the screen, users can do quick interactions like ask check the weather or set an alarm. For those of you who are not familiar with Tap to Alexa, it’s a feature Amazon has made available on its devices for users to interact with Alexa voice assistant with just the touch of their finger.
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