Amazon brings wake-up lighting and sleep timer features to Alexa

New features are coming to Amazon's personal assistant, Alexa. The US giant announced two major features are making their way to Alexa this week – Sleep Lighting Time and Wake-up Lights, which are supposed to further enhance the sleeping experience. Along with the new features, Amazon is adding a few Routines to Alexa.

The new Sleep Lighting Timer for Alexa adds a timer that will slowly dim connected smart lights until they turn off at bedtime. If you own an Echo device, Alexa will automatically stop the audio if you're playing music when the lights turn off.

The Wake-up Lights feature ...