VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2
In This Issue
Page 1 City of Arlington, Texas is Now an Enabled Skill for Amazon Alexa
Devices
Page 2 Street Tracker: Introducing a Mobile Friendly Website for Residents
| City of Arlington Launching New Website this February
Page 3 Know Your H2O: New Feature Allows Arlington Customers to
Monitor Daily Water Usage | New Improvements to Digital Library
Services at the Arlington Public Library
Page 4 Dream Team by the Numbers | City of Arlington Releases New
Open Data After Community Survey
City of Arlington, Texas
is Now an Enabled Skill
for Amazon Alexa Devices
“Ask City of Arlington” is now a skill
for all Amazon Alexa enabled devices!
Alexa is a virtual assistant developed
by Amazon capable of voice
interaction, music playback, making
to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming
podcasts, playing audio books, and
providing weather, traffic, sports, and
news updates.
Arlington residents can ask basic
questions about polling and voting
locations, garbage and recycling
pickup days and more as City Staff
continues to put technology to work
every day to make The American
Dream City a better place to live,
learn, work and play.
All you have to do is enable the “City
of Arlington, Texas” skill on your
Connect with us on social media:
Amazon Alexa mobile app. Check out the phrases below that can be
answered by the City’s Alexa skill.
“Alexa, ask City of Arlington, who is my City Council member?”
“Alexa, ask City of Arlington, when is my garbage day?”
The Arlington City Council has identified “Put Technology to Work”
as one of five priorities. Technology is an essential aspect of daily life
and has quite the impact on our organization, residents, visitors and
businesses. Residents can check out the new digital newsletter format
online at www.arlington-tx.gov/budget/city-council-priorities.
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