https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/amazon-alexa-will-soon-control-microwave-ovens.html >You'll soon be able to use Amazon Alexa to start heating food in your microwave. >Amazon introduced new tools on Thursday that allow kitchen appliance makers to build Alexa, the voice assistant that powers Echo devices, into microwaves and eventually conventional ovens. You might, for example, tell Alexa to set the microwave for 3 minutes or ask Alexa to preheat the oven to 300 degrees.