Amazon's popular voice assistant Alexa works in many ways like an operator: one you call and ask to give you information. But Amazon says customers would like another way to interact with the digital AI— getting notified through Alexa about details important to them, such as weather changes, news, where their dinner order is, or even the location of someone they love. Soon, those options will be available to users who want to opt in to get pinged by Alexa.

Amazon announced today that developers will soon be able to add this push-styled notification to their skills. Those interested can sign up now. But brands including The Washington Post, AccuWeather, JustEat, and Life360, a popular tracking app, will be the first to use this kind of notification.

Customers presumably won't just have Alexa cut in on their day with audible statements. Instead, the voice system will sound a chime and have its ring of lights pulse on the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or soon-to-launch Echo Show, alerting consumers of incoming information they've asked to know. You'll have to acknowledge the notification before it's turned off. But in case you don't want to be interrupted, Amazon says you can put Alexa into 'Do Not Disturb' status.

Amazon is pushing ahead, announcing various new ways to interact with Alexa in recent days, including a new service for developers to ensure Alexa is not woken incorrectly.

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