Consumers can now ask Amazon’s Alexa device for their credit score. But it will cost them $25 a month.

The credit agency Experian EXPN, +1.29% announced this week that Amazon’s AMZN, -1.78% Alexa devices have a new “skill” — telling people their FICO credit score, a version of the score named for the Fair Isaac Corporation. Customers can also use voice commands to ask what behaviors are helping or hurting their score and how much outstanding debt they have.

“Consumers use Alexa daily to check the weather, manage bank accounts, play music and more,” said Guy Abramo, the president of consumer business at Experian, in a statement. “It’s natural to incorporate another important element — credit services.”

Consumers now have more reasons to check their credit score

The company said it hopes the skill will especially appeal to millennials. To access a report through Alexa, the user must create a username, password and four-digital personal key through Amazon’s Alexa app, which opens a browser window to enter that information. Once they have a username and password, consumers can access Experian by voice command on Alexa. When they do that, they are prompted to say their four-digit personal key, which only lasts five minutes. If a user starts a new session after five minutes, they will be prompted for the personal key again.

Indeed, after the data breach at credit agency Equifax EFX, -2.03% that impacted more than 145 million U.S. adults’ data, only about a quarter of the U.S. adult population checked their credit score or report immediately after the breach, according to a survey from the credit-card website CreditCards.com. Those least likely to do so were consumers between ages 18 and 26.

Any device or service that makes checking one’s credit score easier is a good thing, said Nick Clements, the co-founder of personal finance company MagnifyMoney, who previously worked in the credit industry.

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But this particular service could be pricey. The cost of a device that supports Alexa ranges from $50 for the Amazon Echo to $150 for an Echo Plus. And enabling many features of the Experian service on Alexa comes with a monthly fee.

The Alexa/Experian service is only available once consumers sign up for CreditWorks, a subscription service for credit monitoring that Experian sells. It comes in a “standard” version that is free, and a “premium” version that costs a steep $24.99 a month, after an introductory month for $4.99.

Those who use the standard, free version can only use two features: Hearing a summary of their credit and debt, and credit alerts.

In order to get more features, they have to sign up for premium, which allows them to hear their FICO score, the factors affecting their score, a CreditLock service that locks their report and suggestions for how to improve their score.

There are other ways to monitor your credit for free

Consumers can receive one free version of their credit report from each of the three credit agencies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion TRU, -3.42% , each year by visiting AnnualCreditReport.com.

Many apps and websites also offer free versions of a credit score, such as the mobile apps for banks, the service Credit Karma and the financial services company Discover. The latter even works for non-Discover cardholders.

The agency TransUnion also began offering a free service called TrueIdentity after Equifax’s breach, which allows consumers to lock their credit report and receive alerts on their report.

Equifax offered a one-year free subscription to its service TrustedID Premier, which includes credit monitoring and identity theft protection.