Alexa Voice Now Available on FCA’s New Fiat 500 EV

Ken Zino of AutoInformed.com on Fiat 500 EV adds Alexa

Alexa is the intelligent cloud-based voice service that you can talk to.

Alexa voice is now embedded in the new Fiat 500, along with the new MyFiat Connected Car Skill. With Alexa built-in, occupants can ask Alexa to play music, hear the news, check weather, control smart home devices, access tens of thousands of Alexa skills, and other technical curiosities. (New Fiat 500 Debuts at the Quirinale and Palazzo Chigi)

The Alexa invasion, offered as part of FCA’s Uconnect Services option, is first available to customers in Italy, with new models continuing to roll out through 2021 in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The launch Alexa on the Fiat 500 continues a global collaboration between FCA and Amazon. FCA customers were initially introduced to Alexa through FCA’s custom Alexa Connected Car Skills, including MyJeep and MyAlfa, which allows customers with Alexa-enabled devices at home to easily ask Alexa to check the battery level of the car, lock/unlock doors, among other trifles. The integration of Alexa on the Uconnect Services suite “deepens the experience by bringing Alexa into the vehicle itself” claims FCA. (Eightieth Anniversary of the Fiat 500 ‘Topolino’)

The integration of the Alexa is part of FCA’s ongoing development of current and future services for the so-called connected car. With Alexa in the vehicle, customers can have a personalized voice “experience” on all their devices, both at home and on-the-go. (Milestones: One Million Fiat 500 Cars. EV Comes to California in 2013)

How On-board Alexa Works

Alexa is the intelligent cloud-based voice service that you can talk to on your connected New Fiat 500 using simple voice commands—just ask Alexa to play music, hear the news, check the weather, control smart home devices, and more. Alexa is always getting smarter, with new capabilities and features made available to customers all the time.

MyFiat Connected Car

From your home, you can use the MyFiat connected car on your Alexa device at home and the Uconnect Services suite to remotely control the Fiat 500. By asking Alexa, you can remotely lock/unlock your doors, find out how much battery charge you have left, send destinations to your vehicle, search for Points of Interest, among other things.

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