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Track Your Flight With Amazon Alexa

Now you can use voice prompts like: "Alexa, ask Kayak to track a flight" or "Alexa, ask Kayak where I can go for $300?"

Angela Moscaritolo
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Amazon's Alexa just learned a new skill: how to plan and track a trip.

Connected TravelerThe cloud-based voice service that powers Amazon's Echo speaker now works with travel site Kayak, letting you access and share information about upcoming trips with just your voice. The new integration also makes it easy to discover places to go within your budget and search for flights, hotels, and rental cars.

Once you get it set up, you'll be able to use voice prompts like: "Alexa, ask Kayak to track a flight," "Alexa, ask Kayak where I can go for $300," or "Alexa, ask Kayak to search for hotels in Barcelona."

The feature works on Alexa-enabled devices like the Echo, Tap, Echo Dot, and Amazon Fire TV. To try it out, just turn on the Kayak skill in the Settings menu within the Alexa app.

This is just the latest in a series of new skills Alexa has mastered. The voice assistant can also add events to your Google calendar, dim your lights, keep tabs on your fitness, and pay your bills.

"Alexa now has over 800 skills, and our customers are loving the convenience of having a wide-range of third party skills available to them," Amazon Alexa Director Rob Pulciani said in a statement. "With Kayak, Alexa can now offer helpful insights on flights, hotels, and rental cars, all by just using your voice."

Amazon, meanwhile, is also making its Kindle e-readers more accessible for visually impaired customers with the addition of VoiceView. Already available on Fire tablets, VoiceView lets visually impaired individuals read Kindle books and navigate Paperwhite devices via speech feedback.

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics

My Experience

I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart home, home entertainment, wearables, fitness and health tech, and various other product categories. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. I previously served as an analyst focused on smart home and wearable devices, and before that I was a reporter covering consumer tech news. I'm also a yoga instructor, and have been actively teaching group and private classes for nearly a decade. 

Prior to joining PCMag, I was a reporter for SC Magazine, focusing on hackers and computer security. I earned a BS in journalism from West Virginia University, and started my career writing for newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

The Technology I Use

My little Florida beach bungalow is brimming with smart home tech. I have a smart speaker or display in every room, allowing me to control other connected devices by voice. The Nest Hub on my bedside table lets me set wake-up alarms, control my smart light bulbs, and set the temperature on my smart thermostat. I use the Amazon Echo Show 8 on my kitchen counter to browse recipes, reorder protein powder, check the weather, and watch the news while I do dishes. 

Because I suffer from allergies, air purifiers are essential. My favorite model is the Dyson Purifier Cool TP07, which doubles as a fan and continuously sends indoor pollution data to its companion mobile app. 

My pitbull Bradley sheds, so a good robot vacuum is a must. I currently use a premium Ecovacs Deebot that can both vacuum and mop, empty its own dustbin, and wash its own mop cloth. 

For fitness, I like to mix up my routine with cycling, indoor rowing, running, and strength training in addition to yoga. I take classes on the Tonal 2 smart strength training machine, I row indoors on an Aviron machine, and track my beach runs with an Apple Watch while listening to music on my Apple AirPods Pro. On the weekends, I love riding e-bikes like the rugged, beach-friendly Aventon Aventure for fun and fitness.

My job involves a lot of virtual meetings, so a quality webcam, microphone, and ring light are important. I use the Jabra PanaCast 20 webcam, the Elgato Wave: 3 microphone, and a Yesker tripod ring light. 

As for my preferred phone platform, I'm an iPhone person, but I've also extensively used Android for product testing.

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