Amazon’s Alexa can now help you diagnose COVID-19, but in the US

Amazon Alexa users in the US can now use the voice assistant to help diagnose cases of coronavirus infection, the first steps at least. Queries such as – “Alexa, what do I do if I think I have coronavirus?” will prompt the voice assistant to ask about your symptoms, travel history and possible exposure situations to the virus.

Depending on your responses, Alexa will offer advice based on information from the official Centres for Disease Control and Prevention information.

This functionality is a step ahead of what Alexa was previously offering, which was simple facts. Amazon’s announcement comes after Apple announcing something similar for Siri.