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Woman busts cheating boyfriend with secret Amazon Alexa function

A woman has revealed the little-known feature on her Amazon Alexa that gave her concrete evidence to expose her cheating boyfriend.

Woman busts cheating boyfriend with secret Amazon Alexa function

A woman has revealed the unusual way she caught her boyfriend cheating after accessing a secret function on her Amazon Alexa.

Jessica Lowman uncovered her partner’s extra-curricular activities by accessing the popular speaker’s saved voice recordings, which revealed there was another woman in their apartment, New York Post reports.

She then took to TikTok to alert other women to the little-known function, with many stating they had “no idea” the smart speaker stored so much information.

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A woman busted her boyfriend cheating using a little-known function on Amazon Alexa speakers. Picture: TikTok/jessicalowman1
A woman busted her boyfriend cheating using a little-known function on Amazon Alexa speakers. Picture: TikTok/jessicalowman1

“So this is how I caught my ex cheating,” Jessica captioned her video, which clocked up 3.9 million views in the three days.

“I didn’t even know Alexa stored this shizzz [sic].”

The clip shows the Jessica accessing her Alexa voice history before scrolling down to a suspicious recording captured by the device on September 17.

She subsequently plays the audio, which features a woman’s voice asking the speaker to play a specific song.

“Alexa, play Power Trip by Miguel,” the unknown woman states.

She shared the hidden trick on social media where it quickly blew up. Picture: TikTok/jessicalowman1
She shared the hidden trick on social media where it quickly blew up. Picture: TikTok/jessicalowman1

Jessica then plays a second recording captured just one minute later, which features the voice of her boyfriend asking Alexa to turn the track up louder.

“Alexa, volume eight,” the man orders.

The recordings prove that the woman was inside Jessica’s home with her boyfriend, leaving her to conclude that her man must have been cheating.

In a second video, Jessica revealed she has since dumped her boyfriend, declaring: “And just like that: I was single.”

She is now urging other women to access their own Alexa voice history to see what has been going on inside their homes while they’re away.

The video has gone viral, with many commenting they would be checking the voice recordings stored on their own devices.

“All females running to Alexa app right now!” one said.

Another said she had also busted her boyfriend via Alexa: “That’s the exact same way I found out too! Listened in on a full date night!”

She’s now revealed she’s single, with other women thanking her for sharing the tip. Picture: TikTok/jessicalowman1
She’s now revealed she’s single, with other women thanking her for sharing the tip. Picture: TikTok/jessicalowman1

In a third video shared to TikTok, Jessica shared the text messages in which she confronts her former partner, writing: “You aunt [sic] ever getting out of this one.”

Amazon allows owners of Alexa speakers to access all recordings in the “Review Voice History” section of Alexa Privacy Settings.

Using the Alexa app, you can listen to Alexa recordings by going to the menu and selecting Settings > Alexa Privacy > Review Voice History.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Woman busts cheating boyfriend with secret Amazon Alexa function

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