Published 16:00 IST, February 6th 2020

Alexa plays Hanuman Chalisa, most requested song of 2019, 4 times per minute

Indian users of Amazon Echo, a voice-controlled artificial intelligence device, requested ‘Alexa’ to play Hanuman Chalisa four times per minute in 2019

Reported by: Kunal Gaurav
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Indian users of Amazon Echo, a voice-controlled Artificial Intelligence (AI) device, requested ‘Alexa’ for over 1,000 songs every minute last year and Hanuman Chalisa turned out to be most requested song with over four requests in a minute. close second was Baby shark with three requests per minute and third position was held by famous Punjabi track Lamberghini.

Or important upticks included users confessing ir love to Alexa in which y said ‘Alexa, I love you,’ once every minute, reported a news ncy. Echo users also asked "Alexa, will you marry me?" every second minute in 2019. With Valentine’s Day right around corner, such confessions and proposals are expected to rise sharply.

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'Alexa, kaisi ho?'

People even shared pleasantries with AI device and tried to have a proper conversation. Users asked, "Alexa, how are you?" 8 times per minute and "Alexa, kaisi ho?" every minute. But conversation and messs have t been one-sided as Alexa sent out daily messs for children on behalf of Santa Claus during Christmas.

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When users asked device a question, Alexa asked wher he/she would like to hear an update from Santa. “Ho ho ho, I'm so looking forward to Christmas. I will be starting my daily Christmas update very soon so make sure you come back if you love Christmas, come back tomorrow for ar Christmas update,” device was heard saying. 

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Netizens also creatively use 'Alexa' as captions for ir post asking her to play different songs depending on mood. Take a look at what netizens are currently asking Alexa to do:

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(With ANI inputs)

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16:00 IST, February 6th 2020