Amazon confirmed it's rolling out a new feature called "Answer Update" to Alexa device users over the next week, which will notify users when Alexa learns the answer to a question the assistant didn't know when first asked. Typically, Alexa would have simply declined to answer the question when she didn't know an answer, saying something like "I don't know that, but I'm always learning," "I can't find the answer to the question I heard," or "Sorry, I didn't understand the question," the report noted. Amazon tells us that customers will be able to opt into the new experience, when offered, and can later choose to opt out by saying "Alexa, turn off Answer Update." "The Alexa service is getting smarter every day, and Answer Updates is just another way we're continuing to expand Alexa's Knowledge Graph," an Amazon spokesperson said. Once you turn on Answer Updates, the feature will send you an on-device notification when Alexa learns an answer to a new question you asked previously, while the feature was enabled. We found we were able to turn on Answer Update on our own Alexa device by saying "Alexa, turn on Answer Update." In a study reported by AdWeek last year, Google Home was found to be 6 times more likely to answer a user's question than Amazon Alexa. Read more