Amazon Launches Alexa-Based Feature to Encourage Kids to Read

Amazon’s new Reading Sidekick feature, which uses an Amazon Kids-enabled Echo smart speaker and a Kids+ subscription ($3 a month or $25 per year), is designed to help kids ages 6-9 become strong readers using Alexa, it blogged Tuesday. Kids engage an Echo device by saying, “Alexa, let’s read,” said Amazon. Children tell Alexa the book’s title and the digital assistant asks whether they want to read a little, a lot or to take turns, said the company.