Amazon’s Alexa will no longer sound like Samuel L. Jackson and Melissa McCarthy. The e-commerce giant has stopped sales of celebrity “personalities” for Alexa. In a note on the pr…
product pages“Melissa McCarthy’s Alexa voice is no longer available for purchase. Customers who previously purchased the experience may continue to use the skill until Sept 30, 2023, by saying ‘Hey Melissa,” reads the noteThe voices available also included Lakers star, Shaquille O’Neal. Users that bought the voice-overs for $4.99 will still have access to them until the end of September.said, “After three years, we’re winding down celebrity voices.
The celebrity personalities worked with most voice-activated Echo devices, except for the first-generation Echo and Echo Dot. Other products not supported were wearables, Fire TVs and Fire Tablets. When acquiring the skill, Alexa took a back seat and allowed the celebrity personality to take over. If users bought McCarthy’s voice, they could activate the device by saying “Hey Melissa” and if they bought Jackson’s voice they would wake up the device by saying “Hey Samuel.”
Watch an Alexa commercial below featuring Jackson in the recording studio interacting with the virtual assistant.
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