GE taps Amazon's Alexa to provide voice control for its Wi-Fi-connected appliances

A broad range of GE appliances now recognize voice commands, thanks to the manufacturer's adoption of Amazon's Alexa Skills development kit. If you own an Echo, Echo Tap, or Echo Dot, you can use your voice to control any Wi-Fi-connected GE or Monogram refrigerator, oven, range, dishwasher, washer, dryer, or water heater. GE has labeled its voice-control program Geneva, so Alexa voice commands must include that name for the service to know where it needs to relay the command. Here's a small sample of what you can accomplish using just your voice once you've enabled the feature: Amazon's Echo is versatile and powerful; it's a terrific value all around. Alexa will either confirm your request, or retrieve and speak the information you've requested.