Alexa Has Been Saving You Time: Now She Can Save Your Life

As we know by now, Alexa can play a song, order a pizza or do a quick online search.

But now it can do something much more valuable: save your life.

According to the results of a new proof-of-concept study, Alexa can accurately identify a specific pattern of breathing known as agonal breathing or gasping for air , that develops in the setting of an impending cardiac arrest, or when your heart stops beating.

The research was published yesterday in the npj...