Amazon's Alexa can be used for a variety of home tasks, but could it make your phone calls? Recode reports that Amazon is developing Alexa-based devices that would have the ability to be used as a phone-like intercom. The devices are still in beta and details on functionality -- for example, how the devices would pair with phones -- are unclear, but Recode says an announcement will be coming in the next few months. While details on the new devices remain scant, they fit into Amazon's teased and stated goals for Alexa and the Echo as a platform. Thanks to devices like the Echo and Echo Dot, Amazon has gotten the virtual assistant into homes and made its use more intuitive, but the online retailer's next planned steps are to integrate it more into your daily routine.