Hamilton College has launched voice apps that allow prospective students and others to quickly learn about Hamilton through their Alexa and Google Home devices. Depending on the device, users can simply say “Alexa, enable Hamilton College ” or “Hey Google, talk to Hamilton College” to hear directly from the College president, students, and staff members.

Hamilton’s project partner is Voicify, a platform that enables businesses and other organizations to offer sophisticated nonhuman conversations via voice assistants. Voicify, which was founded and is run by three Hamilton alumni, worked with the College to help it become one of the first higher ed institutions to use voice-assisted software for its marketing. 

Enable Hamilton College on an Alexa device:

To enable the app on any Alexa-enabled device (ie. Echo dot, Echo Show, etc.)

Say, “Alexa, Enable Hamilton College” — the app will then enable on your device.

If you are having trouble, log into your Alexa account (the same one used for setup) and click this link. Next, click the yellow “Enable” button and then ask your Alexa device to “Enable Hamilton College.”

Enable Hamilton College on a Google device:

Say, “Hey Google, Talk to Hamilton College.”

The device will then open the app

If you are having trouble, log into your Google account (the same one used for setup) and click this link. Next, click the blue “Send to Device” button and select your speaker. Hamilton College will automatically play on your device.