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The latest skill for Amazon’s Alexa does not connect it to some gadget or appliance — it’s to lightly operate Nisan cars. Following last week’s news that BMW’s next models would work with the voice-controlled assistant, Nisan has declared that a number of its cars can, too…so long as you simply need to have it remotely start your car or unlock your doors.

The new Alexa skill links up with the automaker’s smart service, NissanConnect, to try to to a handful of basic tasks remotely following easy commands (e.g. “Alexa, tell NissanConnect Services to…”). Those include: Turning the engine on (or off), locking or unlocking the car’s doors, honking the horn and toggling on/off the lights. The skill looks to be available currently, and with current models (listed below) to boot.

But those interactions appear limited compared to what BMW has in store next year (which can fully integrate Alexa into its vehicles), including asking for news or driving directions to appear on the vehicle’s dashboard screen. Still, it’s another foothold for Amazon, that is fighting to contend with the deals and integrations Apple’s Carplay and Google’s android auto have already secured.

Nissan owners will use the new Alexa skill in these models:

Nissan Altima (2016-17)

Nissan Maxima (2016-17)
Nissan Murano (2017)
Nissan pathfinder (2017-18)
Nissan rogue (2016, 2017)
Nissan rogue Sport (2017)
Nissan Sentra (2016-17)
Nissan TITAN (2017)
Nissan TITAN XD (2016-17)
Nissan GT-R (2017)
Nissan armada (2018)

source: webserveu.com