Alexa is the new Santa Claus!

Yes, that’s right … Alexa is the new Santa Claus for the present generation kids! With voice assistants in every home, it became easier for children to order for toys of their choice. Even those children that are too young to spell, have made their way to ordering Alexa to bring them toys and candy. According to WSJ article, Brenda Dickson’s 3 year old and 6 year old children almost bought 100 boxes of jelly beans. Dickson heard the kids asking Alexa and managed to cancel the order immediately. Unlike Brenda Dickson’s children, Zibby Owen’s son successfully managed to place orders on Amazon. Owen’s son who is only 4 years old uses her ipad to watch “Paw Patrol” show and somehow figured out to to use microphone and placed orders for his favorite Paw Patrol toys! Owen realized it only after multiple boxes were delivered to her house but, she let her son keep few toys and returned others. She also made sure to delete shopping app in her ipad.

Picture of orders placed by Zibby Ownes 4 year old son using Alexa!

Shopping on Amazon have become so easy and convenient with its “buy now with 1-click” option, which can also be disabled. For regular shoppers, they can set up PIN so that their children won’t be able to make surprise purchases. Luckily, Alexa has parent controls where they can disable voice enabled purchases. Alexa surely is the new magical creation that Santa Claus rivals!

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