You can now wake Amazon's Alexa with 'Computer'

Does this mean we're one step close to transporters and phasers? File photo shows an Amazon Echo, one of the hot tech products of 2016. Amazon updated the wake words for Alexa, its digital voice assistant made popular by the Echo home speaker. Instead of tapping the speaker to wake Alexa, owners can use specific words to get Alexa's attention, including Alexa, Echo and Amazon. Add one more to the list: Computer.