In the battle with new competitors such as Google Home, Amazon's Echo line of smart speakers still have the edge at least in one area - third party support. The retail giant has had an Alexa API for a while now, which has led to many "skills" being added to its digital assistant over time by third parties. The latest company to do just such a thing is AT&T, which is launching a texting skill for Alexa tomorrow, on November 18. What this means is that you'll be able to use Alexa (and, thus, the Echo speaker with it built-in) to send text messages to ten frequent contacts. It's all done with...
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