Alexa has always had a feminine-sounding voice. But Amazon finally began rolling out a masculine-sounding voice last week – when it introduced a Shaq celebrity voice option. Amazon has also added a new wake word – Ziggy – to trigger Alexa. It isn’t specifically associating Ziggy with the masculine-sounding voice or Alexa with the feminine-sounding voice, however. You can use either voice option with any of Alexa’s wake words.
How to get Alexa’s new voice
There are two ways you can change Alexa’s voice.
1. Just ask Alexa
You can now switch between two Alexa voice options – original (feminine-sounding) and new (masculine-sounding) – by simply asking Alexa to “Change your voice”. This method appears to be device-specific, which means you’ll have to set Alexa’s voice to the new voice on each of the Alexa devices in your home.