Amazon’s Alexa would now be getting a Wolfram Alpha assimilation that will authorize Alexa to response more to math and science questions. The feature is already ready for use for some devices; however, one won’t be able to see it right away.

Generally, Alexa obtains information and develops awareness from sites such as, Wikipedia, Accuweather, Yelp, and Stats.com. However, before this latest assimilation, it couldn’t provide an answer to tough geography, engineering, or history questions. In short, it wasn’t able to answer the complicated questions.

Now, with the help of Wolfram Alpha, Alexa would be able to answer questions such as how high do swans can fly, or how many sheets of paper might be required in order to fit in a binder. In fact, it can even answer questions on how fast the wind might be blowing at the present moment. Wolfram Alpha is basically a resource that is used by the schools on some occasion as a trusted source of information.

One thing which must be taken note of is that Apple’s rival smart assistant Siri, even after having many shortcomings, has had a Wolfram Alpha unification since the iPhone 4S’s introduction in 2011; whereas Google Assistant still doesn’t present Wolfram, favoring to depend on its own search engine. Google’s absence of Wolfram Alpha indicates that it loses out on some of the math problems and puzzles the service can solve.

At the end, it appears that the more sources of information a smart assistant can derive from, it would be much better.