Your Amazon Echo can now read out tweets for you

If you've always felt like Twitter needed more in the way of voice control and response, good news: the platform has announced its very own Amazon Alexa skill, which means the digital assistant app can read out trends, tweets, notifications and more for you.Alexa originally appeared on the Amazon Echo but is starting to spread to more platforms and devices, including the latest set of tablets from the online retail giant. If you've got an Echo at home you don't need to lift a finger to find out