Trigger Alexa Remotely

Question

Is it possible to trigger Alexa remotely i.e I have a scenario where based on some action on Mobile App Alexa should be triggered and the response provided will be read out by echo dot.

Varun

Answer 1

There's no way to trigger a response without the user interacting with the Alexa-enabled device. But it looks like this may be changing soon: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/16/15647074/alexa-notifications-being-added-amazon-echo