Control Neato's robot vacuum with Amazon Alexa voice commands

Getting your robotic vacuum to clean the house is usually a matter of setting a timer or pressing a start button -- but what if you could just ask it to get to work? If you happen to own an Amazon Echo and a Neato Botvac Connected robot vacuum, now you can. Today the company announced that its Wifi-connected vacuum cleaner will take commands from Amazon Alexa. The feature is extremely straightforward, and features just two commands: start and stop. Users who set up their Botvac with the Amazon Echo will be able to start cleaning with the phrase "Alexa, ask Neato to start cleaning."