Most of us ask Alexa what’s on at the cinema, to give us a phone number for a local service or tell us a joke.
Now it seems she may be able to help diagnose a health problem. In an effort to take some pressure off GPs and provide more accessible health information, Amazon and the NHS have joined forces and Alexa is now using information from the NHS website to offer answers to questions such as ‘How do I treat a migraine?’ or ‘What are the symptoms of chickenpox?’