Amazon's Alexa can now control your microwave

Amazon's smart assistant can now add'cooking' to its ever-expanding set of home skills. The firm has revealed that Alexa users in the US can now control their microwave ovens with simple voice commands, by stating phrases such as: 'Alexa, defrost three pounds of chicken.' While the functionality is limited to microwaves for now, Amazon says support for'other cooking devices,' including conventional ovens, is on the way. Amazon has revealed that Alexa users in the US can now control their microwave ovens with simple voice commands, by stating phrases such as: 'Alexa, defrost three pounds of chicken.' The new microwave functionality will first come to customers in the US, with other countries to follow.