Alexa Cast lets you control speakers through your smartphone
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Amazon is finding ever more ways to expand Alexa’s functionality. This time, it's giving the Amazon Music app a welcome update with the new Alexa Cast feature.
As of July 26, anyone with an Amazon Echo or similarly Alexa-enabled device will be able to control music playback through the Amazon Music smartphone app, on either iOS or Android.