Niki.ai chat assistant set to arrive on Amazon Alexa later this month

The company has added two new functionality to the assistant- it now supports Hindi language, both text and voice

Niki.ai, an Indian chat bot firm, is set to roll out its virtual assistant on Amazon Alexa later this month.

“We are developing ‘skills’ for Amazon Alexa so that users can book cabs and pay for utilities on Alexa using Niki assistant,” the firm’s chief executive officer, Sachin Jaiswal told Business Standard.

Alexa is Amazon.com’s voice assistant made popular through Amazon Echo line of speakers. With Amazon’s smart speakers and those supplied by Google and Apple, voice assistants are populating Indian households. 

Niki.ai, which specialises in transactional use-cases, will be available on Alexa assistant. Users may download Niki.ai