{"id":6374,"date":"2018-08-02T06:55:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=6374"},"modified":"2018-08-08T22:20:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T12:20:04","slug":"talk-google-alexa-assistants-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/talk-google-alexa-assistants-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk to Google and Alexa Assistants about Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856-147x150.jpg 147w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856-1005x1024.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856-54x55.jpg 54w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Healthdirect-e1532958121856.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/>Do you have the Flu&#8230;or is is just a Cold&#8230;.try asking Alexa or Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new voice-activated Healthdirect Flu advice app offers free health information and colds and it all you need to do is have a conversation with you smart device.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just in time for the peak of the flu system you\u2019ll be able to ask about symptoms and possible treatments for relief but it doesn\u2019t replace the need to see your doctor if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get started try<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> &#8220;Hey Google, talk to health direct flu advice\u201d<\/span> or <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cLaunch Healthdirect Flu advice on Alexa devices&#8221;<\/span> There\u2019s also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/healthdirectFluAdvice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook chat bot<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week I tried this out using my Echo Dot with the Alexa assistant.\u00a0 Watch the video below to see how it works.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PLucG2pJ7Y?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have the Flu&#8230;or is is just a Cold&#8230;.try asking Alexa or Google. 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Just in time for the peak of the flu system you\u2019ll be able to ask about symptoms and<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/talk-google-alexa-assistants-flu\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[1691,1671,1757],"class_list":["post-6374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alexa","tag-google-assistant","tag-health","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Talk to Google and Alexa Assistants about Flu - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/talk-google-alexa-assistants-flu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talk to Google and Alexa Assistants about Flu - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you have the Flu&#8230;or is is just a Cold&#8230;.try asking Alexa or Google. 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