You can now use Alexa to shop at Best Buy

2017 has been a great year for Amazon's virtual personal assistant Alexa. Straying from its original spot on the Amazon Echo smart speakers, we've seen Alexa on the HTC U11, the Huawei Mate 9 and every Moto Z and Moto Z2 handset sporting the Amazon Alexa Moto Mod. The latter, by the way, is now available from Verizon and B& H Photo, priced at $149.99. It features four microphones and batteries that will run for 15-hours.

Now, Alexa users can tap the personal assistant to do some shopping from Best Buy. To do this, they will have to add the Best Buy skill to Alexa. Once that is accomplished, ...