Amazon Alexa is just as nervous about the election as you

Amazon Alexa, the voice assistant that lives in various Echo hardware is, apparently, now a bit of a political junkie, obsessively tracking the presidential election returns just like you. Election results are, in truth, just another in a long line of Alexa skills Amazon adds to its artificial intelligence platform almost every day. According to Amazon, which announced the update on, naturally, Election Day, Alexa is watching who won which states, which candidate is in the lead and, most importantly, current electoral vote counts. With the first polls set to close hours from now, it is a little early for Alexa to be offering much -- if any -- valuable election information. Amazon Alexa can now give real-time election results.